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SAN  FRANCISCO 

PRESENTED  TO  THE 

UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT  GORDON  SPROUL,  PRESIDENT. 
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MR.ANDMR5.MILTON  S.RAY 
CECILY,  VIRGINIA A-NDROSALYN  RAY 

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A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  THE 

HISTORY  OF  CALIFORNIA  AND 

THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

I5IO-IQ06 

BY 

ROBERT  ERNEST  COWAN 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  TEXT 

OF  JOHN  W'DWINELLE'S  ADDRESS  ON  THE 

ACQUISITION  OF  CALIFORNIA 

BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 

OF  AMERICA 


SAN  FRANCISCO 
THE  BOOK  CLUB  OF  CALIFORNIA 

1914 


Copyright,  1914,  by 
The  Book  Club  of  California 


A  NOTE  ON  THE 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

BY  THE  AUTHOR 

JHE  STUDY  of  the  bibliography  of  California,  of  which 
this  printed  essay  is  the  result,  began  many  years  ago, 
and,  with  slight  lapses,  has  continued  to  the  present  time. 
The  notes  were  made  primarily  as  a  guide  to  the  collec' 
tion  of  that  class  of  books,  and  included  all  printed  doc' 
uments  relating  to  the  State  with  the  exception  of  those 
of  the  newspaper  and  periodical  presses. 
A  survey  made  some  time  ago  indicated  the  fad:  that  a  complete  bib' 
liography  of  California  within  the  scope  stated  would  comprehend  about 
5,000  titles.  If  to  these  were  added  the  historic  overlap  into  old  Oregon 
and  the  Northwest,  this  number  might  be  further  augmented  by  perhaps 
2,000  works  worthy  of  mention.  The  proportions  of  so  formidable  a  work 
would  preclude  its  publication,  and  were  it  indeed  possible,  such  a  work 
could  serve  no  serious  purpose  in  the  general  plan  of  utility.  It  was  plainly 
demonstrated  that  the  projected  task  must  either  be  abandoned  or  greatly 
abridged.  That  portion  of  the  task  which  could  be  most  readily  detached 
and  wrought  into  unity  was  the  catalogue  of  those  works  that  would  appear 
to  be  of  the  greatest  interest  to  the  collector  or  the  student  of  California 
history  in  its  broader  sense.  It  has  been  deemed  advisable  to  limit  the 
present  work  in  scope  to  about  1,000  titles  and  to  close  it  with  the  year 
1905. 

From  a  superficial  glance  it  may  appear  that,  with  the  former  figures 
as  a  basis,  the  limit  of  1,000  titles  is  both  narrow  and  inadequate.  Such  is 
not  the  case.  In  the  former  estimate  a  very  large  proportion  of  the  7,000 
titles  consists  of  documents,  such  as  reports  of  institutions ;  annual  or  other 
statements  of  corporations  and  companies ;  speeches  and  addresses  of  but 
momentary  interest ;  and  finally,  a  large  mass  of  the  common  and  well' 
known  ephemera  which,  though  of  slight  importance,  properly  belongs 
only  to  an  extended  work  of  bibliographical  description. 

In  the  present  essay  are  included  printed  works  relating  to  the  discov 
ery,  exploration,  colonisation,  and  evangelisation  of  California ;  its  transi" 

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A  NOTE  ON  THE  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

tion  from  a  Mexican  colony  to  one  of  the  United  States ;  the  history  of 
the  gold  discovery  and  its  attendant  events;  the  formation  of  its  govern' 
ment,  state  and  municipal ;  its  unusual  features,  such  as  the  Vigilance  Com' 
mittees,  Mexican  land  claims,  and  the  Chinese  question ;  some  features  of 
its  earliest  local  literature ;  and  its  historical  relations  with  adjacent  terri' 
tory,  both  remote  and  more  nearly  within  our  own  time. 

Among  the  works  eliminated  there  has  been  included  much  of  a  legal, 
medical,  and  scientific  character ;  transactions  and  reports  of  societies ;  with 
a  few  notable  exceptions,  all  federal,  state,  and  municipal  government  doc' 
uments,  extensive  lists  of  which  are  in  print  and  easily  accessible ;  and 
lastly,  the  familiar  features  of  our  own  local  literature  in  poetry  and  prose. 
This  latter  class  has  been  excluded  neither  through  prejudice  nor  neglect, 
but  for  the  reason  that  it  is  amply  large  and  sufficiently  important  to  com' 
mand  at  some  day  a  bibliography  of  its  own.  The  other  classes  obviously 
are  not  of  general  interest. 

Of  the  titles  thus  selected  the  majority  have  been  transcribed  verbatim, 
although  by  reason  of  their  extreme  prolixity  a  few  have  been  condensed ; 
notes  and  comments  have  been  made  chiefly  from  personal  observation. 
The  general  arrangement  is  alphabetic  by  authors.  Such  works  as  have 
been  printed  anonymously  are  entered  under  the  name  of  the  author  when 
known;  otherwise,  following  the  alphabetical  sequence,  under  the  first 
leading  word  of  the  title  other  than  an  article  or  a  preposition.  A  subject 
and  title  index  facilitates  its  use  as  a  work  of  reference.  Prior  to  1846,  the 
terms  "  Las  Californias,"  "Ambas  Californias,"  "  Dos  Californias,"  and  "The 
Californias,"  as  applied  to  Lower  and  Upper  California,  were  used  exten' 
sively  and  somewhat  indiscriminately  by  writers  of  all  classes.  In  this  essay 
there  have  been  described  certain  works  in  which  reference  to  Upper 
California  is  little,  or  even  none,  but  no  attempt  has  been  made  to  disturb 
this  historic  relation. 


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ADDRESS  ON  THE 

ACQUISITION  OF  CALIFORNIA 

BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 


ADDRESS  ON  THE  ACQUISITION 

OF  CALIFORNIA  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 

BY  JOHN  W.  DWINELLE 

MR.  PRESIDENT  AND  BROTHER  PIONEERS: 

)T  HAS  been  suggested  to  me  by  the  Committee  through 
whose  hands  I  received  your  invitation  to  address  you 
at  this  time,  that  I  should  give  a  historical  character  to 
my  remarks.  I  was  glad  to  receive  this  intimation,  for 
it  accorded  perfectly  with  my  own  desire.  The  great 
events  of  history,  when  not  sufficiently  remote  to  be 
counted  by  centuries,  are  commonly  reckoned  by  dec' 
ades,  or  periods  of  ten  years.  We  are  met  on  the  occasion  of  the  Sixteenth 
Anniversary  of  the  admission  of  California  into  the  Federal  Union  of  the 
United  States.  But,  presuming  upon  your  assent,  I  shall  dedicate  a  portion 
of  these  exercises  to  the  celebration  of  two  other  historical  events  of 
signal  interest  and  importance,  namely:  The  conquest  of  California  by 
the  United  States,  which  took  place  twenty  years  ago,  on  the  7th  day  of 
July,  A.  D.  1846,  and  the  foundation  of  San  Francisco,  which  was  con' 
summated  ninety  years  ago,  on  the  i7th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1776. 
Two  decades  have  therefore  elapsed  since  California  has  become  Anglo' 
American,  and  nine  decades  since  San  Francisco  was  inscribed  upon  the 
map  of  political  geography.  It  will  therefore  be  peculiarly  interesting  on 
this  occasion  to  cast  a  retrospective  glance  into  history,  and  to  inquire 
how  it  has  come  to  pass  that  we  are  here,  and  by  what  title  we  claim  to 
possess  this  fair  California  of  ours. 

IGNORANCE  OF  EARLY  GEOGRAPHERS. 

It  was  only  by  accident,  after  all,  that  Columbus  discovered  the  vast 
region  of  continents  and  islands  which  are  now  called  America.  He  was 
not  in  quest  of  new  continents,  nor  of  the  golden-fruited  gardens  of  the 
Hesperides.  Believing,  from  inductive  reasoning,  that  the  earth  was  round, 
but  with  very  imperfect  notions  of  its  magnitude,  he  was  firmly  persuaded 
that  by  sailing  in  a  westerly  direction  from  the  coast  of  Spain  he  would 

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in  due  time  arrive  on  the  coast  of  China,  which  was  then  classed  as  a 
portion  of  the  Indies ;  and  when  he  discovered  the  first  American  islands, 
believing  that  he  had  already  reached  the  Indies,  he  gave  to  the  natives 
the  name  of  Indians,  which  inaccurate  classification  they  have  ever  since 
retained.  Looking  over  the  books  and  maps  of  the  old  geographers,  it  is 
curious  and  wonderful  to  observe  how  much  they  did  know,  and  how 
much  they  did  not  know,  of  the  geography  of  the  northwestern  coast  of 
America,  for  more  than  two  hundred  years  after  the  discoveries  made  by 
Columbus.  Although  Cortes,  when  he  fell  into  that  inevitable  disgrace 
with  -which  the  kings  of  Spain  have  always  rewarded  their  greatest  bene- 
factors, sent  out  various  expeditions  from  Mexico  for  the  exploration  of 
the  northwestern  coast,  and  even  accompanied  some  of  them  as  far  as  La 
Paz  in  Lower  California,  and  although  the  viceroys  who  succeeded  him  sent 
out  various  expeditions  -within  fifty  years  after  the  conquest  of  Mexico, 
both  by  sea  and  by  land,  -which  must  have  penetrated  as  far  north  as  the 
forty -second  degree  of  latitude,  yet  the  physical  geography  of  that  region 
remained  in  the  most  mythical  condition,  and  the  very  existence  of  the 
Bay  of  San  Francisco  was  contested  as  fabulous  by  the  Spanish  viceroys 
of  New  Spain  less  than  a  hundred  years  ago.  There  is  in  the  possession 
of  the  Odd  Fellows'1  Library  of  this  city  an  engraved  map  of  the  world, 
published  at  Venice  in  the  year  1 546,  which  is  remarkable  for  its  general 
accuracy,  and  for  the  beauty  of  its  execution ;  but  on  this  map,  at  the  lati- 
tude of  San  Francisco,  the  American  continent  is  represented  as  sweeping 
around  in  a  large  circle,  and  forming  a  junction  with  that  of  Asia ;  while 
the  Colorado,  the  largest  river  in  the  world,  rising  in  the  mountains  of 
Thibet,  and  meandering  through  a  course  of  1 5,000  or  20,000  miles,  pours 
its  vast  volume  of  waters  into  the  Gulf  of  California.  In  the  year  1588, 
a  Spanish  captain  of  marine,  named  Lorenzo  Ferrer  Maldonado,  published 
an  account  of  a  voyage  which  he  pretended  to  have  made  from  the  At- 
lantic Ocean  through  the  Northern  Sea  to  the  Pacific,  and  thence  to  China, 
giving  all  its  geographical  details  and  personal  incidents.  This  apocryphal 
voyage  proved  a  delusion  and  a  stumbling-block  to  historians  and  voy- 
agers for  more  than  two  hundred  years;  and  it  was  not  until  the  year 
1791  that  two  Spanish  frigates,  sent  out  for  that  purpose  by  authority  of 
the  King  of  Spain,  by  a  thorough  exploration  of  the  extreme  northwestern 
coast,  established  the  fad:  that  a  passage  through  the  North  Sea  did  not 
exist,  and  that  the  pretensions  of  Maldonado  were  utterly  false.  It  is  only 
within  a  comparatively  recent  period  that  the  fad:  has  been  generally  re- 
ceived in  modern  geography  that  California  was  connected  with  the  main 

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CALIFORNIA  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 

continent,  and  was  not  an  island.  In  Ogilvie's  "America,  being  the  latest 
and  most  accurate  account  of  the  New  World,"  a  most  elegant  and  lux- 
urious folio,  published  in  London  in  the  year  1671,  California  is  laid  down 
as  an  island,  extending  from  Cape  St.  Lucas,  in  the  Tropic  of  Cancer,  to  the 
forty-fifth  degree  of  latitude,  and  including  the  famous  New  Albion  of  Sir 
Francis  Drake.  The  same  map  is  reproduced  by  Captain  Shelvocke,  of  the 
Royal  Navy,  in  his  account  of  his  "  Voyage  Around  the  World  by  Way 
of  the  South  Sea,"  in  his  Majesty's  ship  of  war,  published  in  London  in 
1726;  and  in  a  geographical  work  published  in  London  in  the  same  year, 
by  "  Daniel  Coxe,  Esq.,"  an  account  is  given  of  "  a  new  and  curious  discov- 
ery and  relation  betwixt  the  River  Meschachebe  (Mississippi)  and  the 
South  Sea,  which  separates  America  from  China,  by  means  of  several  large 
rivers  and  lakes,  with  a  description  of  the  coast  of  the  said  sea  to  the  Straits 
of  Uries,  as  also  of  a  rich  and  considerable  trade  to  be  carried  on  from 
thence  to  Japan,  China  and  Tartary."  I  cannot  ascertain  that  California  was 
relieved  of  its  insular  character  among  geographers  until  the  publication 
of  a  map  by  Father  Begert,  a  missionary  of  the  Society  of  Jesus,  in  an  ac- 
count of  Lower  California  which  he  printed  at  Manheim  in  the  year  1771, 
on  his  return  to  Germany  after  his  order  had  been  expelled,  in  1769,  by 
order  of  the  King  of  Spain,  from  the  missions  which  they  had  successfully 
established  among  the  Indians  of  Lower  California.  Even  after  it  was  ad- 
mitted that  California  was  not  an  island,  but  a  part  of  the  main  land,  the 
most  indefinite  notions  prevailed  as  to  the  extent  to  which  the  Gulf  of 
California  penetrated  towards  the  north ;  and  to  the  very  last  of  the  Span- 
ish and  Mexican  dominion,  when  any  specific  description  was  given  to 
California  in  official  documents,  it  was  spoken  of  as  a  peninsula. 

OUR  TITLE  TO  CALIFORNIA. 

If  a  Californian  of  ordinary  historical  intelligence  were  asked  by  what 
legal  title  we  assume  to  possess  this  country,  after  following  the  chain 
through  Mexico  to  Spain,  he  would  probably  pause  for  want  of  further 
specific  information,  or,  at  the  most,  suggest  that  Spain  derived  her  title  to 
California  through  the  right  of  first  discovery.  If  he  were  told  that  all  the 
rights  of  Spain,  and  our  rights  through  her  to  this  land,  were  derived  entirely 
from  a  grant  made  to  Spain  by  the  Pope,  he  would  undoubtedly  be  greatly 
surprised;  yet  such  is  the  historical  fad:.  Previous  to  the  discovery  of 
America  by  Columbus,  in  1492,  the  Portuguese  had  discovered  the  Aiore 
Islands,  in  longitude  31  W.,  and  on  the  strength  of  that  discovery  claimed 
that  the  countries  discovered  by  Columbus  belonged  to  the  crown  of  Por- 

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ADDRESS  ON  THE  ACQUISITION  OF 

tugal,  and  that  the  Spaniards  should  be  wholly  excluded  from  them.  But 
the  Spaniards  refused  to  admit  this  pretension,  and  referred  the  matter  for 
decision  to  the  then  Pope,  Alexander  VI.  It  was  then  a  part  of  the  law 
of  nations,  and  of  the  public  law  of  the  world,  that  the  Pope  was  the  ulti- 
mate source  of  all  temporal  power ;  that  he  could  make  and  unmake  kings, 
and  dispose  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  —  powers  which  he  frequently 
exercised,  and  against  which  it  were  vain  to  contend.  He  was  therefore, 
by  general  consent,  the  acknowledged  source  of  all  lawful  title  to  land. 
He  assumed  to  decide  the  case  thus  referred  to  his  decision,  and  on  May 
jd,  A.  D.  1493,  determined  the  matter  in  dispute  between  the  crowns  of 
Portugal  and  Spain,  by  drawing  an  imaginary  line  of  longitude  one  hun- 
dred  leagues  west  of  the  Azores,  and  granting  to  the  Spanish  monarchs  all 
countries  inhabited  by  infidels  which  they  had  already  discovered,  or 
might  afterwards  discover,  lying  to  the  west,  and  to  the  crown  of  Portugal 
all  those  lying  to  the  east  of  that  line.  This  line  was  afterwards  removed 
two  hundred  and  seventy  leagues  further  to  the  west,  by  a  treaty  subse' 
quently  made  in  the  year  1494,  between  the  Kings  of  Portugal  and  Spain; 
but  so  thoroughly  was  the  title  thus  conceded  by  the  Pope  respected  by 
the  civilized  world,  that  when  Henry  VII  of  England  was  afterwards 
about  to  intrude  upon  some  of  the  dominions  thus  granted  to  Spain,  he 
abandoned  his  projedt  on  being  -warned  by  the  Pope  to  desist.  Our  title 
to  California  is  therefore  deduced  from  the  grant  by  the  Pope  to  Spain, 
from  Spain  by  revolution  to  Mexico,  from  Mexico  by  conquest  and  treaty 
to  the  United  States,  and  from  the  United  States,  by  the  operation  of  vari- 
ous grants  and  political  ad;s,  to  the  State  and  people  of  California. 

At  the  time  when  this  partition  was  thus  made  by  the  Pope  between 
the  crowns  of  Spain  and  Portugal,  the  earth  was  supposed  to  consist  of  a 
large  plain,  even  although  Columbus  had  been  prompted  to  his  discoveries 
from  his  inference  that  the  earth  was  a  sphere,  because  in  eclipses  it  cast 
a  circular  shadow  upon  the  disc  of  the  moon.  It  was  not  until  the  voyage 
of  Magellan,  concluded  in  the  year  1521,  by  which  they  reached  the  Spice 
Islands  of  Portugal,  in  the  East  Indies,  by  sailing  westward  from  Spain,  that 
it  was  proved  by  adtual  demonstration  that  the  earth  was  round,  and  the 
world  learned  that  neither  our  spiritual  teachers,  nor  even  the  Scriptures 
themselves,  were  given  to  us  to  teach  us  lessons  in  geography. 

OUR  POSITION  HERE  NOT  AN  ACCIDENTAL  ONE. 

Our  position,  as  possessors  of  this  land  of  realized  promise  and  of  future 
hope,  is  by  no  means  an  accidental  one.  The  popular  notion  probably  is, 


CALIFORNIA  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 

that  the  acquisition  of  California  by  the  United  States  was  one  of  the  acci- 
dental  consequences  of  our  war  with  Mexico,  which  broke  out  in  1846. 
On  the  contrary,  the  acquisition  of  California  by  the  United  States  was 
the  result  of  plans  long  matured  and  persistently  followed,  and  of  a  train 
of  causes  carefully  laid  by  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  during 
nearly  half  a  century  before  its  consummation.  Nay,  more :  not  only  the 
United  States,  but  the  governments  of  England,  France,  and  Russia  had 
determined  to  acquire  California ;  and  it  was  only  by  superior  promptness 
and  skill  that  the  United  States  finally  became  the  winners  in  the  race. 
The  very  plan  lately  attempted  to  be  put  into  execution  by  the  Emperor 
of  the  French,  of  placing  and  maintaining  an  Austrian  Archduke  upon  an 
imperial  throne  in  Mexico,  was  not  conceived  by  Napoleon  III,  but  was 
matured  and  published  to  the  world  by  the  Government  of  Louis  Philippe 
as  early  as  the  year  1844,  four  years  before  the  French  Revolution  of  1848 ; 
and  was  a  part  of  a  scheme  devised  by  the  French  Government  to  pre- 
vent  England  or  the  United  States  from  getting  possession  of  Mexico,  in 
case  France  could  not  gain  it  for  herself.  From  this  programme,  published 
by  the  order  of  Louis  Philippe,  by  Marshal  Soult,  his  Minister  of  War, 
we  shall  gather  easily  the  charges  made  by  France  against  Mexico  before 
the  tribunal  of  the  public  opinion  of  the  world,  by  which  Louis  Philippe 
attempted  to  justify,  in  advance,  that  intervention  in  the  affairs  of  Mexico 
which  his  government  was  the  first  to  propose,  and  which  that  of  Napo- 
leon  III  has  since  attempted  to  effectuate.  The  following  are  the  principal 
features  of  these  charges : 

Louis  PHILIPPE'S  BILL  OF  INDICTMENT  AGAINST  MEXICO. 

Mexico  was  always  prosperous  under  the  rule  of  her  Spanish  kings. 
Private  enterprises  succeeded ;  agriculture  and  mines  were  successful  and 
remunerative ;  public  works  were  constructed  of  utility,  magnitude,  and  per- 
manence ;  religion  and  public  and  private  morality  prevailed ;  the  finances 
of  the  country  were  successful  and  prosperous;  and  the  people  were 
contented  and  happy.  The  attainment  of  independence  from  the  mother 
country  has  completely  reversed  these  happy  conditions.  There  is  now 
no  security  for  property  or  for  private  enterprise.  The  agriculture  of  the 
country  is  becoming  reduced  to  the  rudest  processes,  its  products  are  dimin- 
ishing from  year  to  year,  and  the  lands  are  returning  to  waste ;  the  mines 
are  neglected  and  deserted,  and  falling  into  a  state  of  ruin.  Public  works 
are  no  longer  constructed,  and  those  which  were  erected  under  the  do- 
minion of  Spain  are  mostly  deserted  and  falling  into  a  condition  of  dilapi- 

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dation  and  ruin.  The  priesthood  is  becoming  corrupt,  and  public  and  private 
morals  are  rapidly  falling  to  the  lowest  point  of  degradation.  The  finances 
of  the  country  have  long  since  been  in  a  condition  of  insolvency,  and  the 
expenditures  have  for  many  years  exceeded  the  receipts  by  an  annual  defi' 
ciency  of  several  millions  of  dollars.  The  army  is  composed  of  bandits ;  it 
is  recruited  by  taking  from  the  public  prisons  convicted  murderers  and 
other  malefactors,  who  have  yet  to  serve  a  term  of  imprisonment  not  less 
than  ten  years,  and  granting  them  a  free  pardon  on  condition  of  their  serving 
five  years  as  soldiers.  The  officers  of  the  army,  who,  under  the  Govern' 
ment  of  Spain,  belonged  to  distinguished  and  educated  families,  are  now 
drawn  from  the  most  despicable  classes,  or  rise  by  promotion  from  the 
ranks  of  this  bandit  soldiery;  and  the  disproportion  of  officers  is  so  great 
that  the  army  of  20,000  soldiers  is  commanded  by  84,000  officers,  who  are 
entirely  deficient  in  military  faith  and  personal  honor ;  they  murder  in  cold 
blood  their  political  and  military  prisoners ;  they  protect  robbers  and  share 
their  spoils ;  they  are  accomplices  in  assassination  and  murder ;  and  theft 
is  practiced  by  every  one,  from  the  president  of  the  republic  down  to  the 
lowest  officers  of  the  custom  house.  Republican  Mexico  has  always  been 
the  enemy  of  France,  oppressed  her  commerce,  and  practiced  the  most 
atrocious  tyranny  upon  our  citizens  resident  in  her  territory.  She  has  dis' 
criminated  against  French  products,  first  by  her  tariffs,  and  afterwards  in 
the  manner  in  which  she  has  executed  her  custom-house  regulations.  She 
has,  on  the  most  frivolous  and  unlawful  pretenses,  confiscated  the  prop' 
erty  of  French  merchants,  for  which  acts  of  robbery  and  violence  she  owes 
them  at  this  time  several  millions  of  dollars,  for  which  she  refuses  to  make 
them  the  least  compensation.  She  has  thus  fallen  to  the  lowest  condition 
of  insolvency,  brigandage,  and  ruin.  She  is  a  public  nuisance  and  robber  on 
the  highway  of  nations ;  and  any  nation,  especially  those  having  claims 
against  her,  has  a  right,  as  a  matter  of  international  policy,  to  interfere  and 
establish  a  solid  government  in  Mexico,  which  shall  fulfil  the  obligations 
of  national  faith  towards  the  world,  maintain  order,  decency,  and  morality, 
and  secure  life,  liberty,  and  property  within  her  own  borders.  This  can 
be  done  only  by  the  establishment  of  a  Mexican  monarchy,  for  republican 
institutions  have  been  tried  there,  and  have  resulted  in  an  utter  and  hope' 
less  failure.  The  best  citizens  of  Mexico  desire  the  re'establishment  of  a 
monarchy ;  those  who  are  distinguished  for  their  piety,  morality,  culture, 
and  the  possession  of  property,  are  willing  to  pledge  themselves  in  advance 
to  the  support  of  the  movement.  Some  of  her  most  distinguished  states' 
men,  in  the  face  of  threats  of  assassination,  have  already  publicly  declared, 

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in  the  capital  of  Mexico,  that  the  adoption  of  this  plan  presented  the  only 
possible  hope  for  the  restoration  of  Mexico  to  a  condition  of  respectability 
and  prosperity. 

"But  there  are  certain  conditions  necessary  to  the  success  of  this 
scheme.  The  new  monarchs  of  Mexico  must  be  Catholic,  and  must  have 
family  ties  connecting  them  with  the  dynasties  which  formerly  ruled  in 
Mexico.  The  Infantas  of  Spain,  the  French  Princes,  and  the  Archdukes 
of  Austria  possess  these  requisites,  and  any  one  of  them  would  be  unani- 
mously welcomed  by  the  Mexican  population.  The  establishment  of  any 
monarchy  whatsoever  in  Mexico  is  of  the  greatest  importance  to  the  pol- 
icy of  France,  for  a  stable  government  erected  there  would  at  once  remove 
the  disabilities  and  oppression  to  which  our  commerce  and  citizens  are 
subjected  in  that  country ;  and  this  can  easily  be  accomplished,  for  a  col- 
umn of  3,000  infantry,  and  a  few  vessels  of  "war  distributed  upon  the  At- 
lantic and  Pacific  coasts,  are  all  that  is  wanted  to  subdue,  the  empire  of 
Montesuma,  whose  conquest  would  be  easier  today  than  it  was  in  the 
time  of  Hernando  Cortes ! " 

Louis  PHILIPPE  ENFORCES  THE  NECESSITY  OF  PROMPT  ACTION. 

But,  continues  the  programme,  if  a  Catholic  monarchy  is  to  be  estab- 
lished in  Mexico,  it  should  be  done  at  once.  The  English,  among  all  for- 
eign nations,  have  a  preponderating  political  and  commercial  interest  in 
Mexico.  English  subjects  own  a  large  portion  of  the  funded  debt  of  Mexico, 
upon  which  the  annual  interest  is  not  paid,  although  pretended  to  be  se- 
cured by  an  illusory  charge  upon  the  customs.  England  is  ready,  therefore, 
at  any  moment,  to  make  this  a  pretext  for  seizing  any  portion  of  the  coast 
or  territory  of  the  republic.  She  has  already  acknowledged  the  indepen- 
dence of  the  revolted  provinces  of  Texas,  with  a  view  of  taking  them  under 
her  protection,  or  of  establishing  even  more  intimate  political  relations  with 
them.  She  has  by  her  intrigues  hitherto  prevented  the  United  States  from 
acquiring  any  portion  of  the  Mexican  territory ;  and,  if  she  retains  her 
present  influence  at  Mexico,  and,  still  more,  if  she  adds  to  it  by  gaining 
any  territory  there,  or  in  any  other  manner,  the  results  cannot  fail  to  be 
most  disastrous  to  the  interests  of  France. 

The  United  States,  too,  have  for  more  than  forty  years  looked  upon 
the  territories  of  Mexico  with  that  covetousness  of  acquisition  which  has 
ever  distinguished  that  energetic  people.  The  expedition  of  Burr  would 
have  been  hailed  with  favor  3"  it  had  been  successful,  and  his  acquittal  by 
a  jury  must  be  taken  as  evidence  of  the  popular  sentiment  in  favor  of  the 

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ADDRESS  ON  THE  ACQUISITION  OF 

objects  of  his  expedition.  After  the  purchase  of  Louisiana  from  France, 
and  by  the  treaty  of  Florida,  so  called,  and  by  other  subsequent  treaties, 
the  United  States  gained  a  large  extension  of  territory  in  the  direction  of 
the  Pacific,  and  brought  down  their  possessions  in  Oregon  and  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  to  the  forty-second  parallel  of  latitude.  They  even  sought, 
by  other  propositions  communicated  to  the  Court  of  Spain  for  the  avowed 
purpose  of  defining  the  boundaries  between  the  two  countries  south  of 
that  parallel,  and  proposing  limits  which  were  altogether  too  vague  for  geo- 
graphical or  political  boundaries,  but  which  they  would  have  found  suf- 
ficiently specific  for  the  purpose  of  intrusion,  to  gain  a  further  extension 
of  territory  in  the  direction  of  New  Mexico ;  but  these  latter  propositions 
were  indignantly  rejected  by  the  Spanish  monarchy.  But  since  the  estab- 
lishment of  Mexican  independence,  and  the  weakness,  demoralization,  and 
ruin  which  have  resulted  from  it,  Mexico  has  seemed  to  the  United  States 
to  have  become  an  easy  prey  to  their  grasping  ambition.  They  have  per- 
mitted their  own  citizens  to  pass  in  armed  bands  over  their  borders  into 
Texas,  and  there  to  stir  up  revolt,  which  has  culminated  in  successful  revo- 
lution ;  they  have  acknowledged  the  independence  of  that  country  with 
the  view  to  its  annexation  to  the  Union  as  one  of  the  Federal  States.  A 
treaty  of  annexation  is  at  this  moment  in  progress  between  Texas  and  the 
United  States,  and  will  doubtless  be  accomplished  as  the  crowning  ad:  of 
the  present  administration  of  President  Tyler.  When  that  treaty  is  ratified 
by  the  contracting  parties,  the  military  establishment  of  Texas  will  be  occu- 
pied by  the  forces  of  the  United  States,  and  war  will  immediately  ensue 
between  the  United  States  and  the  Mexican  Republic.  That  war  can  issue 
in  but  one  result  —  the  armies  of  the  United  States  will  overrun  and  occupy 
the  territories  of  the  weaker  republic,  and  they  will  be  at  once  and  forever 
absorbed  in  the  domain  of  the  Federal  Union.  If  France,  therefore,  deter- 
mines to  protect  her  interests  by  the  establishment  of  a  Catholic  monarchy 
in  Mexico,  she  should  act  promptly  and  decisively. 

Louis  PHILIPPE  CONSIDERS  THE  DOMINION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 
IN  MEXICO  PREFERABLE  TO  THAT  OF  ENGLAND. 

But  if  Mexico  is  still  to  exist  under  a  republican  government,  it  is  much 
better  for  the  interests  of  France  that  she  should  be  absorbed  by  the  North 
American  Union  than  that  England  should  either  maintain  or  increase  her 
influence  there.  The  people  of  the  United  States  have  a  strong  instinct  for 
a  government  of  law,  and  even  the  administration  of  their  famous  "lynch 
law,"  in  their  newly  settled  territories,  arises  from  their  sentiment  of  order. 

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Under  their  rigid  administration,  the  persons  and  property  of  French  citi- 
zens in  Mexico  would  be  protected  and  respected,  and  we  should  not  be 
compelled  to  make  vain  reclamations  on  the  government  for  official  rob' 
beries  and  confiscations.  The  sentiment  of  the  people  of  the  United  States 
is  favorable,  and  even  friendly,  to  France,  and  under  their  dominion  we 
should  not  have  occasion  to  complain  of  odious  and  hostile  discriminations 
against  our  commerce,  and  what  we  should  gain  in  these  respects  England 
would  be  certain  to  lose.  She  would  no  longer  be  the  nation  favored  either 
by  the  terms  of  the  laws  or  by  their  violation  in  her  behalf,  but  would 
be  reduced,  at  least,  to  a  position  of  equal  competition  in  matters  of  com' 
merce,  which  is  all  that  France  desires.  Our  property  would  be  respected, 
the  lives  of  our  citizens  would  be  secured,  and  on  equal  terms  we  could 
exchange  our  products  for  the  agricultural  and  mineral  riches  of  Mexico. 

GRANDEUR  OF  THE  AMERICAN-MEXICAN  DOMINION. 

This  programme  of  the  government  of  Louis  Philippe  concludes  with 
a  prediction  of  the  future  greatness  of  the  United  States,  which  might  well 
excite  the  envy  of  the  most  enthusiastic  eulogist  of "  the  American  bird 
of  liberty": 

"  If  this  takes  place,  the  Union  will  command  the  Pacific  Ocean,  through 
that  part  of  the  territory  of  Oregon  which  will  belong  to  her— through 
California  and  the  western  coast  of  Mexico,  Guatemala,  Central  America, 
and  New  Granada.  On  the  East,  she  will  be  mistress  of  the  Atlantic  Coast, 
from  Canada  to  the  Isthmus  of  Darien,  and  thus  will  threaten  the  group 
of  islands  situated  at  the  entrance  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  and  in  the  Carib' 
bean  Sea ! " 

FAILURE  OF  THE  FRENCH  PROGRAMME  IN  MEXICO. 

It  is  instructive  to  pause  a  moment  and  contemplate  the  results  of  this 
proposed  scheme  for  the  overthrow  of  republican  institutions  and  the 
establishment  of  a  monarchy  in  Mexico.  Louis  Philippe,  its  responsible 
author,  and  the  crafty  schemer  who  prostituted  the  interests  of  France  to 
the  aggrandizement  of  his  own  family,  and  who  had  thus  published  to  the 
world  this  libelous  imputation  of  degeneracy  and  weakness  against  the 
Republic  of  Mexico,  was  himself,  within  four  years  afterwards,  driven  from 
the  throne,  and  his  dynasty  subverted,  without  his  having  the  courage  to 
permit  a  single  musket'shot  to  be  fired  in  their  defense.  His  scheme  has 
since  been  taken  up  by  his  successor,  Napoleon  III,  a  monarch  of  greater 
sagacity,  resources,  and  force  of  will.  But  the  Mexican  population  has  not 

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ADDRESS  ON  THE  ACQUISITION  OF 

received  an  Austrian  Archduke  as  their  Emperor  -with  unanimous  accla- 
mations ;  a  column  of  3,000  men  has  not  conquered  the  Empire  of  Monte- 
suma ;  and  the  Republic  of  Mexico  STILL  LIVES  ! 

ATTEMPTS  OF  VARIOUS  GOVERNMENTS  TO  ACQUIRE  CALIFORNIA. 

But  while  a  covetousness  of  all  the  territories  of  the  Mexican  Republic 
was  thus  charged  upon  some  of  the  great  political  powers  of  the  world, 
upon  circumstances  of  mere  suspicion,  the  desire  to  acquire  California  was 
openly  avowed  by  several  of  them,  and  made  equally  manifest  by  the  acts 
of  others.  France,  in  particular,  endeavored  to  qualify  herself  for  the  con- 
quest of  California,  by  a  previous  exploration  of  the  country  of  the  most 
thorough  and  accurate  character. 

In  1841,  Marshal  Soult,  the  French  Minister  of  War,  detached  from 
the  French  Legation  at  Mexico  one  of  its  attaches,  M.  Duflot  de  Mofras, 
a  gentleman  perfectly  competent  for  that  purpose,  with  directions  to  make 
a  thorough  exploration  of  California  in  respect  to  military  resources,  geog- 
raphy, agriculture,  natural  history,  meteorology,  geology,  population,  and 
civil  and  political  history.  This  work  he  accomplished  during  a  sojourn 
of  two  years,  during  which,  as  he  himself  states,  he  visited  every  mission, 
every  village,  and  every  rancho  in  California.  The  results  of  his  explora- 
tion were  published  to  the  world  by  the  French  Government  at  the  same 
time  with  their  programme  in  regard  to  Mexico,  of  which  I  have  above 
spoken.  This  publication  was  accompanied  with  charts  of  all  the  harbors 
on  the  coast  of  California,  -with  their  soundings ;  with  the  most  explicit 
and  accurate  directions  for  entering  them  from  the  ocean ;  and  with  plans 
of  all  the  forts  and  presidios  of  California,  which  were  so  accurate  that 
a  distinguished  military  officer  of  the  United  States,  to  whom  I  lent  them, 
was  enabled  to  retrace,  at  San  Diego,  the  lines  of  some  of  the  old  fortifi- 
cations there,  respecting  which  the  officers  in  command  at  that  station 
could  not  obtain  any  other  reliable  information.  I  shall  trespass  upon  the 
patience  of  my  audience  by  reproducing  many  of  the  details  of  the  report 
of  this  remarkable  exploration.  The  inhabitants,  said  De  Mofras,  in  sub- 
stance, are  very  friendly  to  France,  for  they  are  tired  of  the  republic  and 
desire  a  return  to  the  old  form  of  government.  They  hate  the  Americans, 
because  they  are  rapacious,  Protestant,  and  republican.  They  incline 
towards  France,  because  she  is  monarchical,  powerful,  Catholic,  and  is  of 
the  same  Latin  race  to  which  they  themselves  belong.  They  have  a  pre- 
sentiment of  the  approaching  downfall  of  the  Mexican  Republic,  and  would 
hail  in  advance  their  annexation  to  a  strong  European  monarchy.  The 

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Americans,  however,  and  the  English  have  set  their  hearts  upon  the  acqui- 
sition of  California.  England  has  already  offered  to  take  California  in  pay- 
ment of  that  portion  of  the  public  debt  of  Mexico  which  is  held  by  British 
subjects,  amounting  to  several  millions  sterling,  and  to  liquidate  that  debt 
herself;  while  the  United  States  have  already  offered  $5,000,000  for  that 
portion  of  California  lying  north  of  a  line  of  latitude  drawn  at  equal  dis- 
tances from  the  Bay  of  San  Francisco  and  that  of  Monterey.  While  I  was 
at  San  Francisco  I  visited  a  fleet  of  American  vessels  of  war  ( Wilkes's 
Exploring  Expedition)  lying  in  the  harbor  there,  and  was  received  hospi- 
tably on  board  by  the  officers,  who  made  no  secret  of  the  fad:  that  they 
were  executing  a  thorough  survey  of  the  harbor  and  of  the  surrounding 
country.  During  my  stay  in  California,  I  also  visited  English  men-of-war, 
lying  in  the  same  harbor,  and  evidently  sent  there  for  the  same  purpose. 
English  men-of-war  are  almost  always  constantly  cruising  on  the  coast,  as 
if  waiting  for  a  pretext  or  opportunity  to  seize  the  country.  The  Ameri- 
cans have  constantly  a  naval  force  upon  the  coast,  with  instructions  to 
seize  the  capital  upon  probable  information  of  a  rupture  between  Mexico 
and  the  United  States.  And  in  the  year  1842,  Commodore  Jones,  upon 
such  a  rumor,  which  afterwards  proved  to  be  unfounded,  actually  seized 
Monterey,  the  capital  of  California,  and  raised  the  American  flag  there; 
but  upon  learning  that  the  information  upon  which  he  had  acted  was  not 
true,  he  restored  the  place  to  the  California  authorities ;  "  yet,  in  my  opin- 
ion, having  once  taken  it,  he  would  have  done  better  to  have  kept  it,  and 
also  to  have  seized  the  port  of  San  Francisco."  There  are  many  persons 
in  California  who  are  friendly  to  France,  and  who  can  be  very  useful  to 
us :  one  of  our  countrymen,  Maturin,  at  San  Francisco ;  Baric,  a  French- 
man, at  Los  Angeles ;  Sunol,  a  Spaniard  by  birth,  who  served  in  the  French 
navy,  who  speaks  our  language  well ;  who  was  on  the  French  brig  which 
Napoleon  quitted,  in  1815,  when  he  surrendered  himself  to  the  captain  of 
the  "  Bellerophon."  The  most  important  point  on  the  northwestern  coast 
of  the  Pacific  is  the  port  of  San  Francisco,  which  is  in  reality  the  key  of 
the  northwest  coast  of  America  and  of  the  northern  Pacific  Ocean.  Cap- 
tain Beechey,  of  the  Royal  British  Navy,  in  1831,  describes  it  as  being 
"  sufficiently  extensive  to  contain  all  the  British  navy,  well  sheltered,  and 
with  good  anchorage  everywhere,  surrounded  with  a  country  varied  with 
hills  and  valleys,  partly  wooded  and  partly  of  fine  pasturage,  and  abound- 
ing with  cattle  of  every  kind."  "  It  is  easy  to  enter  this  harbor  from  the 
ocean,"  says  De  Mofras ;  "  one  should,  after  crossing  the  bar,  lay  well  to 
the  south,  having  the  island  of  Alcatraz  on  a  line  with  the  fort,  and  then, 

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on  approaching  the  gate,  or  strait,  one  should  keep  in  the  center  until  Point 
Bonita  is  well  passed,  and  then  sail  well  over  to  the  north.  There  is  a  dan- 
gerous reef,  called  Blossom  Rock,  which  lies  on  a  line  drawn  from  the  south- 
western  point  of  Yerba  Buena  Island  and  that  of  Alcatras,  which  is  to  be 
avoided ;  but  just  behind  the  point  of  Sausalito  lives  an  Englishman,  who 
is  married  to  a  native  Californian,  one  Captain  Richardson,  who  is  Captain 
of  the  Port,  and  an  excellent  pilot !  There  is  no  military  force  in  California. 
There  are  no  garrisons  at  the  presidios.  The  gun-carriages  at  the  forts  have 
rotted  away,  and  the  guns,  which  were  mostly  cast  at  Manila,  more  than 
a  hundred  years  ago,  lie  rusting  on  the  ground.  It  is  perfectly  clear  that 
California  will  belong  to  whatsoever  nation  will  take  the  trouble  to  send 
there  a  ship  of  war  and  two  hundred  soldiers ! " 

EFFORTS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  TO  OBTAIN  POSSESSION  OF 
CALIFORNIA. 

Having  thus  given  a  resume  of  the  French  report  of  our  own  intentions 
and  desires  respecting  the  acquisition  of  California,  I  shall  endeavor  to  give 
an  authentic  account  of  them,  and  of  those  of  other  governments.  It  is 
true,  as  above  stated,  that  the  English  offered  to  receive  Upper  California 
in  payment  of  a  portion  of  the  public  debt  of  Mexico ;  and  it  is  also  un- 
doubtedly true  that  the  English  were  prepared  to  avail  themselves  of 
the  pretext  of  an  indemnity  for  that  debt,  to  take  possession  of  California 
upon  any  favorable  conjuncture.  It  is  also  true  that  the  acquisition  of  Cali- 
fornia had  long  been  an  objed:  much  desired  by  the  Government  of  the 
United  States.  As  early  as  the  year  1835,  President  Jackson  proposed  to  the 
Government  of  Mexico  to  purchase  that  portion  lying  east  and  north  of  a 
line  drawn  from  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  along  the  eastern  bank  of  the  Rio  Bravo 
del  Norte  up  to  the  thirty-seventh  degree  of  north  latitude,  and  thence 
along  that  parallel  to  the  Pacific  Ocean.  This  would  have  included  within 
the  proposed  cession  to  the  United  States  all  the  Bay  of  San  Francisco 
and  the  territory  to  the  north  and  east  of  it,  and  have  left  to  the  south 
the  Bay  of  Monterey.  This  proposition  was  favorably  received  by  the 
Mexican  Government,  and  would  doubtless  have  been  accepted,  had  it 
not  been  for  the  intrigues  and  powerful  remonstrances  of  the  British  dip- 
lomatic representatives.  The  American  Government,  however,  did  not 
relinquish  its  designs,  nor  desist  in  the  execution  of  its  plans  for  promot- 
ing the  desired  result.  It  continued  to  encourage  and  protect  the  emigration 
of  its  citizens  to  California.  It  caused  to  be  made  scientific  and  popular 
explorations  by  land,  such  as  those  of  Fremont,  and  by  sea,  such  as  those 

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successfully  and  thoroughly  made  by  Wilkes's  Exploring  Expedition.  In' 
deed,  it  is  more  than  suspected  that  the  main  object  of  organizing  Wilkes's 
Exploring  Expedition  was  a  thorough  hydrographic  survey  of  the  harbor 
of  San  Francisco  and  its  tributaries  —  a  work  which  was  so  well  accom- 
plished that  the  maps  and  soundings  of  the  bays  and  rivers  from  San  Fran- 
cisco  to  Sacramento  which  were  made  on  that  occasion  are  reliable  to 
the  present  time.  What  Fremont's  instructions  were,  on  his  last  expedi- 
tion to  California,  is  a  well-kept  Cabinet  secret,  which  will  probably  not 
be  divulged,  at  least  in  our  time ;  but  it  is  evident,  from  his  course  of  action, 
that  he  was  directed,  in  case  of  receiving  reliable  information  of  the  break- 
ing out  of  war,  to  do  all  in  his  power  to  secure  possession  of  California. 
It  is  also  very  certain  that  the  commanders  of  American  men-of-war  cruis- 
ing on  the  coast  of  California  had  explicit  instructions  not  to  suffer  the 
country  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  any  other  power.  And  the  popular  im- 
pression is  that  the  English  were  about  to  take  possession  of  California, 
and  were  prevented  only  by  the  seizure  of  Monterey  by  Commodore 
Sloat,  on  the  7th  of  July,  1846. 

MOVEMENTS  OF  THE  CALIFORNIANS  IN  RELATION  TO  THEIR 
ANNEXATION  TO  A  FOREIGN  POWER. 

Meanwhile,  the  natives  of  California,  with  that  instinctive  apprehen- 
sion of  the  coining  storm  which  seems  to  prevail  in  the  political  as  well  as 
in  the  natural  world,  began  to  consult  upon  the  policy  of  preventing  the 
anticipated  acts  of  foreign  governments,  by  declaring  their  independence 
of  Mexico,  and  placing  California  under  the  protection  of  some  great  politi- 
cal power.  In  the  year  1836,  Don  Juan  Bautista  Alvarado  revolted  against 
Mexico,  and  by  the  aid  of  sixty  American  riflemen,  headed  by  Isaac  Gra- 
ham, drove  Gutierrez,  the  constitutional  governor  of  California,  out  of  the 
department,  and  was  himself  proclaimed  governor  in  his  stead.  Acting  in 
conjunction  with  General  Mariano  Guadalupe  Vallejo  and  Don  Jose  Castro, 
and  aiming  at  annexation  with  the  United  States,  he  declared  California 
to  be  completely  independent  of  Mexico,  and  erected  into  a  free  and  sover- 
eign State  —  "  el  Estado  libre  y  soberano  de  la  Alta  California  "  —  and  raised 
a  flag  like  that  of  the  United  States,  but  with  a  single  star.  This  revolt 
was  finally  abandoned,  on  certain  concessions  being  made  by  the  central 
government,  including  the  appointment  of  Alvarado  as  constitutional 
governor. 

In  1842,  President  Santa  Anna  sent  General  Manuel  Micheltorena  to 
California  as  governor  and  commandant-general,  with  one  hundred  and 

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ADDRESS  ON  THE  ACQUISITION  OF 

fifty  persons  to  ad:  as  officials,  and  an  army  of  three  hundred  convicts, 
drawn  from  the  prisons  of  Mexico.* 

But  Micheltorena,  too,  after  a  stormy  administration,  was  forced  to 
retire,  in  the  year  1845,  after  having  stipulated  with  the  insurgents,  by  the 
treaty  of  Cahuenga  —  so  styled  from  the  rancho  of  that  name,  where  it  was 
concluded  —  that  he  and  his  adherents  might  march  away  with  their  side- 
arms,  with  all  the  honors  of  war.  The  crisis  of  severance  from  the  mother 
republic  became  every  day  more  inevitable.  Dissatisfied  as  the  Californians 
were  with  the  exactions  and  oppressions  of  the  central  government,  and 
with  the  importation  from  Mexico  of  a  convict  soldiery,  who  graduated 
from  the  camp  to  become  turbulent  citizens  or  ferocious  bandits,  the  ques- 
tion of  secession  from  Mexico  was  freely  discussed  and  its  policy  approved. 
They  differed  only  as  to  what  great  political  power  should  be  invoked 
for  protection  and  annexation.  The  Departmental  Assembly  of  California, 
in  the  year  1846,  passed  a  law  for  the  election  of  delegates  to  a  junta,  or 
extraordinary  convention,  to  be  styled  "The  General  Council  of  the 
United  Pueblos  of  the  Californias :  el  Concejo  General  de  los  Pueblos 
Unidos  de  California,"  which  was  to  meet  at  Santa  Barbara  on  June  1 5th, 
1846,  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  destiny  of  California.  Meanwhile, 


*/  should  not  dare  to  credit  this  aft  of  Santa 
Anna  if  it  were  not  officially  substantiated  beyond 
any  doubt.  It  was  published  at  the  time,  at  Mex- 
ico, in  EL  OBSERVADOR  JUDICIAL  Y  DE  LEGISLA- 
CION,  1842,  vol.  i,  p.  372,  and  also  afterwards, 
in  the  COLECCION  DE  LOS  DECRETOS  Y  ORDENES 

DE  INTERESCOMUN,QUE  DICTO  EL  GOBIERNO  PRO- 
VISIONAL EN  VIRTUD  DE  LAS  BASES  DE  TACUBAYA, 

MEXICO  ;  IMPRENTA  DE  J.  M.  LARA,  1850,  page 
352,  under  date  of  February  22,  A.  D.  1842, 

and  is  in  the  following  terms  : 

"  MlNISTERIO     DE     JuSTICIA     E      INSTRUCCION 

PUBLICA Exmo.  Senor  el  exmo.  Senor  Presi- 

dente  Provisional,  en  uso  de  la  Facultad  que  con- 
cede el  art.  7°  de  las  bases  acordadas  en  Tacubaya 
y  juradas  par  los  representantes  de  los  departa- 
mentos,  ha  tenido  a  bien  disponer :  que  de  los 
reos  ientenciados  a  presidio  que  existan  en  las 
carceles  de  esta  capital,  se  destinen  trescientos  al 
departamento  de  Californias,  escogiendo  alefefto  a 
los  que  tengan  algun  oficio  o  industria  util;  en  el 
concepto  de  que  si  al  llegar  a  aquel  destine  hubie- 
ren  guardado  buena  condiifta,  ajuicio  delgobierno 


departamental,  se  les  rebajara  una  parte  de  su 
condena,  o  se  les  indultara  del  todo,  segun  los  ser- 
vicios  que  prestaren,y  aun  se  auxiliara  a  sus  fa- 
milias  para  que  vayan  a  unirse  con  ellos,  dandoles 
terrenes  y  los  instruments  que  necesiten  para 
colonizar :  (with  the  purpose  of  rebating  a  part 
or  the  whole  of  their  term  of  punishment,  accord- 
ing to  the  services  they  render ;  and  also  their 
families  shall  be  assisted  to  join  them,  and  lands 
and  implements  of  cultivation  furnished  them.) 

"  Lo  que  tengo  el  honor  de  comunicar  a  V.  E. 
para  su  debido  cumplimiento,  y  que  se  sirva  hacer 
saber  esta  suprema  disposicion  a  los  presidiarios 
que  al  indicato  efefto  fueren  escogidos. 

"  Exmo.  Senor  Gobernador  del  Departamento 
de  Mexico." 

The  alleged  design  of  converting  California 
into  a  convift  colony  was  only  a  flimsy  pretext  for 
furnishing  Micheltorena  with  three  hundred 
desperate  soldiers;  still,  it  is  very  interesting 
to  know  that  the  intention  of  making  our  State 
the  Botany  Bay  of  Mexico  was  once  thus  officially 
announced. 


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the  resident  consuls  and  agents  of  the  three  great  powers  which  were 
striving  for  the  possession  of  California  —  Forbes  for  Great  Britain,  Guys 
for  France,  and  Larkin  for  the  United  States  —  commenced  their  move' 
ments  and  counter  movements,  each  hoping  to  gain  the  predominating  in' 
fluence  in  the  coming  convention.  But  the  result  of  an  informal  meeting 
of  some  of  the  leading  men  of  California,  at  the  house  of  Don  Jose  Castro, 
in  Monterey,  dissipated  all  these  hopes,  and  showed  that  the  convention, 
even  if  held,  must  prove  an  utter  failure.  On  that  occasion,  a  native  Cali' 
fornian,  whom  it  would  be  invidious  to  mention,  as  he  is  now  a  loyal 
citizen  of  California,  but  who  then  represented  the  monarchical  party, 
spoke  as  follows :  * 

"  Excellent  sirs,  to  what  a  deplorable  condition  is  our  country  reduced ! 
Mexico,  professing  to  be  our  mother  and  our  protectress,  has  given  us  neither 
arms  nor  money,  nor  the  materials  of  war  for  our  defense.  She  is  not  likely 
to  do  anything  in  our  behalf,  although  she  is  quite  willing  to  afflid:  us 
with  her  extortionate  minions,  who  come  hither  in  the  guise  of  soldiers 
and  civil  officers  to  harass  and  oppress  our  people.  We  possess  a  glorious 
country,  capable  of  attaining  a  physical  and  moral  greatness  correspond' 
ing  with  the  grandeur  and  beauty  which  an  Almighty  hand  has  stamped 
upon  the  face  of  our  beloved  California.  But  although  Nature  has  been 
prodigal,  it  cannot  be  denied  that  we  are  not  in  a  position  to  avail  our' 
selves  of  her  bounty.  Our  population  is  not  large,  and  it  is  sparsely  scat' 
tered  over  valley  and  mountain,  covering  an  immense  area  of  virgin  soil, 
destitute  of  roads,  and  traversed  with  difficulty;  hence  it  is  hardly  possible 
to  colled:  an  army  of  any  considerable  force.  Our  people  are  poor,  as  well 
as  few,  and  cannot  well  govern  themselves  and  maintain  a  decent  show 
of  sovereign  power.  Although  we  live  in  the  midst  of  plenty,  we  lay  up 
nothing ;  but,  tilling  the  earth  in  an  imperfed;  manner,  all  our  time  is  re' 
quired  to  procure  subsistence  for  ourselves  and  our  families.  Thus  ck' 
cumstanced,  we  find  ourselves  threatened  by  hordes  of  Yankee  emigrants, 
who  have  already  begun  to  flock  into  our  country,  and  whose  progress  we 
cannot  arrest.  Already  have  the  wagons  of  that  perfidious  people  scaled 
the  almost  inaccessible  summit  of  the  Sierra  Nevada,  crossed  the  entire 
continent,  and  penetrated  the  fruitful  valley  of  the  Sacramento.  What 
that  astonishing  people  will  next  undertake,  I  cannot  say ;  but  in  what' 
ever  enterprise  they  embark,  they  will  be  sure  to  prove  successful.  Already 

*  The  speeches  which  follow  were  reduced  to  The  first,  it  appears,  had  already  been  deliv- 
writing  at  the  time,  by  the  late  Thomas  O.  Lar-  ered,  in  substance  at  least,  in  the  Departmental 
kin,  at  that  time  American  Consul  at  Monterey.  Assembly. 

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are  these  adventurous  land-voyagers  spreading  themselves  far  and  wide 
over  a  country  which  seems  suited  to  their  taste.  They  are  cultivating 
farms,  establishing  vineyards,  erecting  mills,  sawing  up  lumber,  building 
workshops,  and  doing  a  thousand  other  things  which  seem  natural  to  them, 
but  which  Californians  neglect,  or  despise.  What,  then,  are  we  to  do  ?  Shall 
we  remain  supine  while  these  daring  strangers  are  overrunning  our  fertile 
plains  and  gradually  outnumbering  and  displacing  us?  Shall  these  incur- 
sions go  on  unchecked,  until  we  shall  become  strangers  in  our  own  land? 
We  cannot  successfully  oppose  them  by  our  own  unaided  power,  and  the 
swelling  tide  of  immigration  renders  the  odds  against  us  more  powerful  every 
day.  We  cannot  stand  alone  against  them,  nor  can  we  creditably  maintain 
our  independence  even  against  Mexico ;  but  there  is  something  which  we 
can  do,  which  will  elevate  our  country,  strengthen  her  at  all  points,  and 
yet  enable  us  to  preserve  our  identity  and  remain  masters  of  our  own  soil. 
Perhaps  what  I  am  about  to  suggest  may  seem  to  some  faint-hearted  and 
dishonorable.  But  to  me  it  does  not  appear  so.  It  is  the  last  hope  of  a 
feeble  people,  struggling  against  a  tyrannical  government,  which  claims 
their  submission  at  home,  and  threatened  by  bands  of  avaricious  strangers 
from  without,  voluntarily  to  conned:  themselves  with  a  power  able  and 
willing  to  defend  and  preserve  them.  It  is  the  right  and  duty  of  the  weak 
to  demand  support  from  the  strong,  provided  the  demand  be  made  upon 
terms  just  to  both  parties.  I  see  no  dishonor  in  this  last  refuge  of  the  op- 
pressed and  powerless,  and  I  boldly  avow  that  such  is  the  step  I  would 
now  have  California  take.  There  are  two  great  powers  in  Europe,  which 
seem  destined  to  divide  between  them  the  unappropriated  countries  of 
the  world.  They  have  large  fleets  and  armies  not  unpracticed  in  the 
art  of  war.  Is  it  not  better  to  conned:  ourselves  with  one  of  these  power- 
ful nations  than  to  struggle  on  without  hope,  as  we  are  doing  now  ?  Is 
it  not  better  that  one  of  them  should  be  invited  to  send  a  fleet  and  an 
army  to  protect.  California,  rather  than  we  should  fall  an  easy  prey  to  the 
lawless  adventurers  who  are  overrunning  our  beautiful  country?  I  pro- 
nounce for  annexation  to  France  or  England,  and  the  people  of  California 
will  never  regret  having  taken  my  advice.  They  will  no  longer  be  sub- 
jected to  the  trouble  and  grievous  expense  of  governing  themselves,  and 
their  beef  and  their  grain,  which  they  produce  in  such  abundance,  would 
find  a  ready  market  among  the  newcomers.  But  I  hear  some  one  say, 
'No  monarchy!1  But  is  not  monarchy  better  than  anarchy?  Is  not  exis- 
tence in  some  shape  better  than  annihilation?  No  monarchy !  And  what 
is  there  so  terrible  in  a  monarchy  ?  Have  we  not  all  lived  under  a  monarchy 

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CALIFORNIA  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 

far  more  despotic  than  that  of  France  or  England,  and  were  not  our  people 
happy  under  it  ?  Have  not  the  leading  men  among  our  agriculturists  been 
bred  beneath  the  royal  rule  of  Spain,  and  have  they  been  happier  since  the 
mock  Republic  of  Mexico  has  supplied  its  place  ?  Nay,  does  not  every  man 
abhor  the  miserable  abortion  christened  the  Republic  of  Mexico,  and  look 
back  with  regret  to  the  golden  days  of  the  Spanish  monarchy  ?  Let  us  restore 
that  glorious  era.  Then  may  our  people  go  quietly  to  their  ranches,  and 
live  there  as  of  yore,  leading  a  merry  and  thoughtless  life,  untroubled  by 
politics  or  cares  of  state,  sure  of  what  is  their  own,  and  safe  from  the  in- 
cursions of  the  Yankees,  who  would  soon  be  forced  to  retreat  into  their 
own  country." 

To  these  arguments,  General  Mariano  G.Vallejo,  a  native  of  California  — 
whom  we  are  proud  to  number  among  the  members  of  this  society,  and 
who  has  not  lost  our  esteem  in  consequence  of  the  assaults  made  upon  him 
by  those  who  have  succeeded  in  confiscating  so  large  a  portion  of  that 
landed  property  of  the  native  Calif ornians,  whose  possession  was  guaran- 
teed  to  them  by  the  treaty  of  Guadalupe  Hidalgo  —  replied  as  follows : 

"  I  cannot,  gentlemen,  coincide  in  opinion  with  the  military  and  civil 
functionaries  who  have  advocated  the  cession  of  our  country  to  France 
or  England.  It  is  most  true  that  to  rely  any  longer  upon  Mexico  to  govern 
and  defend  us  would  be  idle  and  absurd.  To  this  extent  I  fully  agree  with 
my  distinguished  colleagues.  It  is  true  that  we  possess  a  noble  country, 
every  way  calculated,  from  position  and  resources,  to  become  great  and 
powerful.  For  that  very  reason,  I  would  not  have  her  a  mere  dependence 
upon  a  foreign  monarchy,  naturally  alien,  or  at  least  indifferent  to  our 
interests  and  our  welfare.  It  is  not  to  be  denied  that  feeble  nations  have 
in  former  times  thrown  themselves  upon  the  protection  of  their  powerful 
neighbors.  The  Britons  invoked  the  aid  of  the  warlike  Saxons,  and  fell  an 
easy  prey  to  their  protectors,  who  seized  their  lands  and  treated  them  as 
slaves.  Long  before  that  time,  feeble  and  distracted  provinces  had  appealed 
for  aid  to  the  all-conquering  arms  of  imperial  Rome,  and  they  were  at  the 
same  time  protected  and  subjugated  by  their  grasping  ally.  Even  could  we 
tolerate  the  idea  of  dependence,  ought  we  to  go  to  distant  Europe  for  a 
master?  What  possible  sympathy  could  exist  between  us  and  a  nation 
separated  from  us  by  two  vast  oceans  ?  But  waiving  this  insuperable  objec- 
tion, how  could  we  endure  to  come  under  the  dominion  of  a  monarch  ?  — 
for  although  others  speak  lightly  of  a  form  of  government,  as  a  freeman  I 
cannot  do  so.  We  are  republicans.  Badly  governed  and  badly  situated  as 
we  are,  still  we  are  all,  in  sentiment,  republicans.  So  far  as  we  are  governed 

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at  all,  we  at  least  profess  to  be  self-governed.  Who,  then,  that  possesses 
true  patriotism  -will  consent  to  subject  himself  and  children  to  the  caprices 
of  a  foreign  king  and  his  official  minions  ?  But,  it  is  asked,  if  we  do  not 
throw  ourselves  upon  the  protection  of  France  or  England,  what  shall  we 
do  ?  I  do  not  come  here  to  support  the  existing  order  of  things,  but  I  come 
prepared  to  propose  instant  and  effective  action  to  extricate  our  country 
from  her  present  forlorn  condition.  My  opinion  is  made  up  that  we  must 
persevere  in  throwing  off  the  galling  yoke  of  Mexico,  and  proclaim  our  in' 
dependence  forever.  We  have  endured  her  official  cormorants  and  her 
villainous  soldiery  until  we  can  endure  no  longer.  All  will  probably  agree 
-with  me  that  we  ought  at  once  to  rid  ourselves  of  what  may  remain  of 
Mexican  domination.  But  some  profess  to  doubt  our  ability  to  maintain 
our  position.  To  my  mind  there  comes  no  doubt.  Look  at  Texas,  and  see 
how  long  she  withstood  the  power  of  united  Mexico.  The  resources  of 
Texas  were  not  to  be  compared  with  ours,  and  she  was  much  nearer  to 
her  enemy  than  we  are.  Our  position  is  so  remote,  either  by  land  or  sea, 
that  we  are  in  no  danger  from  a  Mexican  invasion.  Why,  then,  should 
we  hesitate  still  to  assert  our  independence  ?  We  have  indeed  taken  the 
first  step  by  electing  our  own  governor ;  but  another  remains  to  be  taken. 
I  will  mention  it  plainly  and  distinctly:  It  is  annexation  to  the  United 
States.  In  contemplating  this  consummation  of  our  destiny,  I  feel  nothing 
but  pleasure,  and  I  ask  you  to  share  it.  Discard  old  prejudices,  disregard 
old  customs,  and  prepare  for  the  glorious  change  which  awaits  our  coun- 
try. Why  should  we  shrink  from  incorporating  ourselves  with  the  hap- 
piest and  freest  nation  in  the  world,  destined  soon  to  be  the  most  wealthy 
and  powerful  ?  Why  should  we  go  abroad  for  protection,  when  this  great 
nation  is  our  adjoining  neighbor  ?  When  we  join  our  fortune  to  hers,  we 
shall  not  become  subjects,  but  fellow-citizens,  possessing  all  the  rights  of 
the  people  of  the  United  States,  and  choosing  our  own  federal  and  local 
rulers.  We  shall  have  a  stable  government  and  just  laws.  California  will 
grow  strong  and  flourish,  and  her  people  will  be  prosperous,  happy,  and 
free.  Look  not  therefore  with  jealousy  upon  the  hardy  pioneers  who 
scale  our  mountains  and  cultivate  our  unoccupied  plains ;  but  rather  wel- 
come them  as  brothers  who  come  to  share  with  us  a  common  destiny." 
Upon  the  conclusion  of  these  remarks,  General  Vallejo  and  his  friends 
retired  in  a  body  from  the  meeting,  and  he  immediately  addressed  a  letter 
to  the  governor,  reaffirming  the  views  which  he  had  expressed,  and  de- 
clared that  he  would  never  assist  in  any  project  for  annexation  to  any 
nationality  except  that  of  the  United  States,  or  hold  any  office  under  any 

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government  which  proposed  to  surrender  California  to  any  European  mon- 
archy ;  and  thereupon  he  and  his  supporters  retired  to  their  homes.  This 
movement  on  the  part  of  General  Vallejo  destroyed  the  prospects  of  the  con- 
vention, so  that,  although  its  members  were  elected,  it  never  met,  for  want 
of  a  quorum ;  and  within  a  few  months  thereafter  California  was  in  the 
possession  of  the  United  States,  by  the  taking  of  Monterey,  by  Commo- 
dore Sloat,  on  July  7th,  A.  D.  1846. 

ENDEAVORS  OF  RUSSIA  TO  OCCUPY  CALIFORNIA. 

Meanwhile,  the  Russians  had  for  some  time  been  quietly  insinuating 
themselves  upon  the  northern  coast  of  California,  with  a  view  to  its  per- 
manent occupation.  In  the  year  1812,  they  established  themselves  at  the 
port  of  Bodega,  having  previously  obtained  permission  to  do  so  from  the 
authorities  of  Spain,  for  the  alleged  purpose  of  maintaining  fisheries  and 
hunting  for  furs.  But  already  as  early  as  the  year  1815,  they  had  estab- 
lished large  ranchos  in  the  interior,  had  purchased  cattle  of  the  Spanish 
inhabitants,  and  had  devoted  themselves  to  the  rearing  of  herds  and  the 
production  of  wheat.  During  the  revolutionary  troubles  in  Mexico,  the 
Russians  held  themselves  to  have  become  the  actual  owners  of  the  terri- 
tory which  they  occupied.  About  forty  miles  from  Bodega,  beyond  the 
river  San  Sebastian,  they  constructed  a  fort,  which  they  called  Slawianski, 
but  which  the  Mexicans  designated  as  the  Fort  of  Ross.  Over  this  floated 
the  Russian  flag,  and  a  military  governor  was  in  command,  appointed  by 
the  Czar  of  Russia.  So  carefully  was  this  military  colony  fostered  by  its 
own  government,  that  it  possessed  one-sixth  of  the  white  population  of 
California  in  the  year  1842.  But  on  the  final  acquisition  of  California  by 
the  United  States  the  military  colony  was  withdrawn,  and  most,  if  not  all, 
the  Russian  population  retired  at  or  about  the  same  time. 

THESE  VARIOUS  GOVERNMENTS  HAD  NO  KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE 
MINERAL  WEALTH  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

When  we  consider  what  the  causes  were  which  have  so  rapidly  de- 
veloped California  to  her  present  position,  it  seems  surprising  to  us  that 
the  existence  of  precious  metals  within  her  limits  was  not  only  not  sus- 
pected, but  was  even  most  authoritatively  denied.  The  acquisition  of  Cali- 
fornia was  considered  desirable  by  all  these  nations,  because  it  was  known 
that  her  conditions  of  climate  and  soil  were  such  that  her  agricultural 
sources  and  productions  must  be  almost  incalculable;  that  she  must  be- 
come the  seat  of  an  immense  population  of  a  highly  civilized  and  prosperous 

XXV 


ADDRESS  ON  THE  ACQUISITION  OF 

people,  and  there  form  the  nucleus  of  an  empire  of  political  and  commer' 
cial  power  which  must  exert  a  controlling  influence  over  all  the  coasts  of 
the  Pacific  Ocean.  The  United  States,  in  particular,  found  themselves  al" 
most  in  contiguity  with  the  future  seat  of  so  much  prosperity,  wealth,  and 
power,  and  naturally  desired  that  it  should  become  their  own.  But  although 
rumors  of  the  existence  of  gold  in  California  had  occasionally  been  heard, 
still  they  had  never  been  verified  or  traced  to  any  reliable  source ;  and 
they  were  regarded  as  we  now  regard  the  fabulous  stories  of  the  golden 
sands  of  Gold  Lake,  or  those  of  "  Silver  Planches,"  which  are  said  to  exist 
in  the  inaccessible  deserts  of  Arizona.  It  seems  strange  to  us  that,  when 
the  geological  character  of  this  country  was  so  well  known  and  so  mi' 
nutely  described,  the  existence  of  the  precious  metals  in  any  large  quantity 
should  have  been  so  explicitly  denied.  De  Mofras  uses  the  following 
language : 

"  There  are  no  minerals  which  can  be  exported  from  California.  The 
mines  of  silver  and  of  lead  which  are  situated  near  Monterey  are  known 
only  by  the  result  of  some  very  simple  assays.  Some  deposits  of  marble, 
of  copper  and  iron,  some  traces  of  mineral  coal  which  are  found  near  Santa 
Cruz;,  some  mines  of  ochre,  sulphur,  asphaltum,  kaolin,  and  of  salt,  have 
not  been  examined  with  sufficient  care.  The  only  mine  at  present  oper' 
ated  in  this  country  is  a  vein  of  virgin  gold  near  the  Mission  of  San  Fer' 
nando,  which  yields  about  an  ounce  a  day  of  pure  gold,  and  is  worked  by 
a  Frenchman  named  Baric. 

"  The  geological  constitution  of  the  soil  of  California  is  very  simple. 
The  base  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  is  formed  of  granites  of  various  colors, 
sometimes  whitish  with  spots  of  black,  sometimes  gray  or  red ;  above  are 
stratifications  of  gneiss,  hornblende,  quartz;,  and  talcose  slate,  similar  to 
those  which  in  Mexico  inclose  veins  of  gold,  micaceous  schist,  and  talcose 
schist." 

And  yet,  with  all  this  explicit  description,  which  gave  rise  to  the  re' 
corded  suggestion  that  this  geological  formation  was  the  same  as  that  which 
in  Mexico  contained  veins  of  gold,  it  never  occurred  to  any  one  of  the 
statesmen  or  explorers  who  interested  themselves  in  the  acquisition  of  Cali' 
fornia  that  mines  of  the  precious  metals  existed  within  her  limits.* 

*/»  closing  the  historical  narrative,  it  may  be  defeat  the  plans  of  the  monarchical  party  in  Mex- 

assumed  as  a  faft  that  the  inevitable  rupture  be-  ico.    It  is  well  known  that  the  friends  of  Santa 

tween  Mexico  and  the  United  States  was  hast-  Anna,  who  was  then  in  exile,  applied  to  the 

ened  by  the  governments  of  both  countries  with  American  Government  to  pass  him  through  its 

the  expectation  that  the  existence  of  war  would  blockade  of  Vera  Cruz  on  his  proposed  return  to 

xxvi 


CALIFORNIA  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 

OUR  GRATITUDE  TO  THE  GIVER  OF  THIS  GIFT. 

We  have  thus  shown  that  our  position  in  California  is  not  an  acci- 
dental  one,  but  was  the  result  of  a  long  train  of  causes  in  which  human 
agencies  were  actively  at  work.  We  should  do  injustice  to  ourselves  on 
this  occasion  if  we  did  not  give  utterance  to  higher  sentiments  than  those 
of  admiration  for  the  patriotism  of  our  fathers  and  the  skill  of  our  states' 
men.  We  do  not  entertain  those  notions  of  modern  atheism,  thinly  dis- 
guised  under  the  epithet  of  pantheism,  which  limit  the  operative  creation 
of  God  to  the  diffusion  of  a  thin,  gaseous  substance  throughout  infinite 
space,  upon  which  he  set  the  impress  of  his  law  and  then  went  to  sleep, 
leaving  the  existing  universe  to  be  evolved  from  a  succession  of  vortices. 
We  do  not  believe  that  the  whole  animal  and  vegetable  creations  have 
been  evolved  from  bubbles  of  albumen,  nor  even  that  pantheistical  philoso' 
phers  are  only  fully  developed  baboons,  however  probable  this  latter 
might  seem.  This  theory  was  first  popularly  presented  to  the  world  in  a 
most  shallow  and  unscientific  work,  called  "  The  Vestiges  of  Creation," 
whose  author  never  dared  to  expose  himself  to  general  ridicule  by  reveal' 
ing  his  name,  because,  just  after  the  publication  of  his  book,  Lord  Rosse 
turned  his  tremendous  telescope  upon  the  gaseous  pantheistic  nebulae 
and  instantly  resolved  them  into  fixed  starry  points.  We  believe,  as  geol' 
ogy  teaches  us,  that  God  has  often,  and  at  remotely  successive  periods, 
interposed  in  the  formation  of  the  physical  world,  fitting  it  for  the  crea- 
tion and  habitation  of  man.  We  believe  that  he  still  acts  in  history,  pre- 
paring great  events,  rewarding  nations  and  men  for  goodness,  and  punisning 
them  for  crime.  We  believe  that  his  adoration  is  not  superstitious,  nor 
prayer  an  unphilosophical  ad:.  "  If  the  Lord  had  not  been  on  our  side  — 
yea,  if  the  Lord  had  not  been  on  our  side,"  we  should  not  now  possess 
this  beautiful  and  glorious  California,  nor  hope  to  transmit  it  as  an  inher- 
itance to  our  descendants.  To  him,  therefore,  we  pour  out  our  collected 
tribute  of  gratitude,  and  invoke  his  protection  for  ourselves  and  for  our 
children. 

Mexico,  upon  the  frank  representation  that,  al-  at  Vera  Cruz  perfectly  free  to  pursue  his  own 
though  he  was  the  ablest  general  the  Mexicans  course  ofattion.  There  are  gentlemen  of  the  high- 
could  have,  and  would  undoubtedly  command  their  est  respectability  residing  in  California  at  the 
armies  during  the  war,  yet  his  presence  and  in-  present  time,  who  came  here  upon  the  personal 
Jluence  in  the  country  would  prevent  the  estab-  assurance  of  President  Polk,  in  1846,  that  the 
lishment  of  a  foreign  monarchy  there  ;  and  that  war  should  not  be  concluded  until  the  territory 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  appreciating  of  Upper  California  was  secured  by  treaty  to  the 
these  considerations, permitted  Santa  Anna  to  land  United  States. 

xxvii 


ADDRESS  ON  THE  ACQUISITION  OF 

OUR  DUTY  TO  THE  FUTURE. 

Standing,  as  we  do,  between  the  mighty  Past  and  the  mysterious  FIP 
ture,  recognising  our  gratitude  to  our  fathers  and  our  duty  to  our  children, 
let  us  this  day  make  a  public  confession  and  a  solemn  covenant.  Let  us 
confess  that  those  of  us  who  have  come  into  this  country  since  the  dis' 
covery  of  gold  in  California  was  announced  to  the  world  came  here  rather 
with  the  spirit  of  adventure  than  with  the  intention  of  remaining  here  as 
permanent  residents ;  that  we  came  here  to  gather  our  share  of  the  mineral 
treasures  of  the  land,  and  then  to  return  to  the  homes  of  our  youth,  there 
to  spend  the  remainder  of  our  lives ;  that,  at  first,  we  took  no  thought  to 
found  here  the  institutions  of  a  higher  civilization,  nor  even  to  cultivate 
social  relations ;  and  that,  in  this  solitary  isolation  to  which  we  condemned 
ourselves  for  the  sake  of  gain,  it  was  true,  in  a  certain  sense,  of  us,  as  in' 
dividuals,  that "  our  hands  were  against  every  one,  and  every  one's  hand 
against  us."  Let  us  confess  that  this  Ishmaelitish  tradition  has  still  a  cer- 
tain  influence  upon  us,  and  that  we  do  not  devote  ourselves  as  fully  as  we 
ought  to  the  preparation  for  the  great  future  of  California ;  and  let  us 
resolve  that  this  day  shall  form  a  new  era  in  our  organized  efforts.  The 
faculties  of  man  are  threefold  — intellectual,  moral,  and  esthetic:  he  has 
reasoning  powers  which  can  be  cultivated;  a  moral  and  religious  sense 
which  can  be  elevated ;  and  a  perception  of  the  beautiful  in  nature  and 
art  which  can  be  developed  into  a  source  of  happiness  and  refinement.  As 
of  men,  so  of  nations,  for  nations  are  but  aggregates  of  men.  The  man  who 
is  wanting  in  cultivation  of  any  of  these  faculties  is  but  an  imperfect  man ; 
a  nation  which  is  thus  deficient  can  never  ad:  a  perfect  part  in  the  history 
of  the  world.  The  Greeks  and  Romans  were  powerful  peoples,  highly  de' 
veloped  in  intellect  and  esthetics,  but  in  religion  and  morals  they  possessed 
only  the  gross  and  sensual  superstitions  of  paganism.  The  Puritans  of 
New  England  were  highly  cultivated  intellectually  and  morally,  but  not 
esthetically  —  they  were  a  strong,  stern,  and  unsocial  race.  The  politicians 
of  the  French  Revolution  were  men  of  powerful  intellects,  and  of  high 
culture  in  literature  and  art,  but  they  were  wanting  in  religious  sentiment, 
and  disbelievers  in  the  ever-present  working  of  an  intelligent  and  personal 
Deity ;  so  that  even  Robespierre,  contemplating  the  threatened  dissolution 
of  his  political  system,  cried  out  in  his  agony :  "  If  there  is  no  God,  then 
we  must  create  one ! "  Deficiency  in  esthetic  culture  is  commonly  the  want 
of  new  countries.  The  want  of  culture  has  been  ascribed  to  us  in  Cali' 
fornia ;  by  this  is  meant  the  want  of  intimate  and  refined  social  culture, 

xxviii 


CALIFORNIA  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 

of  the  perception  of  the  beautiful  in  nature  and  in  art  —  of  that  beautiful 
in  nature,  and  that  ideal  of  human  perfection,  which  the  painter  strives  to 
perpetuate  on  his  canvas,  the  statuary  to  embody  in  marble,  the  poet  to 
crystallize  in  his  verse,  and  the  musician  to  bring  up  from  the  profoundest 
depths  of  the  human  soul.  The  charge  brought  against  us  is  in  a  large 
measure  true,  as  it  is  always  true  of  new  populations ;  but  we  have  ad' 
vanced  so  rapidly  to  a  high  degree  of  prosperity  that  it  ought  to  be  true 
no  longer,  and  we  ought  ourselves  to  remove  this  great  reproach.  Let  us 
resolve,  then,  that  we  will  do  all  in  our  power  to  develop  esthetic  culture 
in  California ;  that  we  will  not  only  devote  our  aid  to  the  foundation  of 
churches,  colleges,  schools,  and  the  kindred  institutions  of  morals,  science, 
and  humanity,  but  also  to  the  cultivation  of  arts,  of  the  perception  of  the 
beautiful,  to  the  advancement  of  painting  and  statuary.  So  shall  we  do 
our  duty  to  the  future;  so  shall  come  after  us  generations  of  Californians 
against  whom  no  such  reproach  can  be  brought  —  a  perfect  race,  equally 
developed  in  their  threefold  faculties,  by  intellectual,  moral,  and  esthetic 
culture. 

OUR  CELEBRATION,  TEN  YEARS  HENCE,  OF  THE  HUNDREDTH 
BIRTHDAY  OF  OUR  CITY. 

San  Francisco  was  founded  by  a  colony  of  soldiers  and  settlers,  who 
came  up  for  that  purpose  from  Monterey,  overland  and  by  sea,  in  1776, 
and  immediately  set  about  constructing  a  chapel  at  the  Presidio,  after  which 
the  following  proceeding  took  place,  as  recorded  by  Father  Palou,  one  of 
the  missionary  priests  who  belonged  to  the  expedition : 

"  We  took  formal  possession  of  the  Presidio  on  the  seventeenth  day 
of  September,  the  anniversary  of  the  impression  of  the  wounds  of  our 
Father  San  Francisco,  the  patron  of  the  Presidio  and  Mission.  I  said  the 
first  mass,  and  after  blessing  the  site  ('despues  del  bendito'),  the  elevation 
and  adoration  of  the  Holy  Cross,  and  the  conclusion  of  the  service  with 
the  'Te  Deum/  the  officers  took  formal  possession  in  the  name  of  our 
sovereign,  with  many  discharges  of  cannon,  both  on  sea  and  land,  and  the 
musketry  of  the  soldiers." 

THE  SEVENTEENTH  OF  SEPTEMBER,  A.  D.  1776,  MUST  THEREFORE  BE  CON' 
SIDERED  THE  DATE  OF  THE  FOUNDATION  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

Ten  years  from  now  San  Francisco  will  have  completed  the  hundredth 
year  of  her  existence.  In  ten  years  most  of  us,  under  the  ordinary  provi' 
dence  of  God,  will  be  still  living.  Let  us,  then,  on  the  hundredth  birthday 
of  our  beloved  city,  go  up  and  celebrate  it  on  the  plain  of  the  Presidio, 

xxix 


ADDRESS  ON  THE  ACQUISITION  OF 

where  she  was  born.  Let  us  at  that  time  renew  the  solemn  exercises  by 
which  the  soil  was  consecrated  to  civilisation :  the  blessing  of  Holy  Mother 
Church  will  not  hurt  the  most  zealous  Protestant  among  us.  Let  us  rear 
mast'high  the  old  flag  of  Spain,  with  full  military  honors,  to  be  replaced, 
with  equal  honor,  by  that  of  Mexico,  which  in  its  turn  shall  give  place, 
with  "great  discharge  of  musketry  and  of  cannon,1'  to  our  own  national 
emblem  of  unity  and  strength ! 

CONCLUSION. 

It  is  the  singularly  good  fortune  of  the  members  of  our  society  that 
they  have  an  assured  position  in  the  history  of  California,  and  one  which 
can  never  be  taken  away  from  them.  Whatever  the  future  may  have  in 
store  for  us  as  individuals,  the  corporate  Society  of  California  Pioneers 
has  had  an  existence  whose  records  must  always  remain  in  the  literature 
and  history  of  California.  Our  banner  is  here,  on  -which  our  names  are 
inscribed,  and  that  banner  will  always  float  at  the  head  of  the  "  innumera' 
ble  caravan  "  of  the  countless  generations  who  are  to  succeed  us  —  of  that 
column  which,  like  the  Macedonian  phalanx,  -widening  as  it  deepens,  shall 
draw  its  vast  recruits  as  well  from  the  tropical  regions  of  the  equator  as 
from  the  confines  of  the  frozen  ocean.  Behold  the  thin  mist  curling  up 
from  the  ripple  where  the  sunbeam  kisses  the  western  sea !  It  mounts  to 
heaven,  and  on  its  slight  curtain  Aurora  paints  the  glories  of  the  rising 
sun ;  condenses  itself  into  the  fleecy  whiteness  -which  decorates  the  sky  of 
June ;  piles  up  the  mighty  thundercloud  -with  blackened  base  and  Alpine 
peaks  of  dazzling  brightness ;  and,  at  the  signal  of  the  "  far'flashing  red 
artillery"  of  heaven,  and  with  reverberating  crash,  dissolves  itself  in  gentle 
rain;  descends  with  refreshing  coolness  on  the  thirsty  land;  rushes  in 
torrents  of  sheety  foam  adown  the  mountainside ;  swells  the  vast  river  to 
its  grassy  brink ;  and  then  returns  its  tributary  volume  to  the  mother  ocean. 
So,  countless  as  the  innumerable  drops  of  rain,  shall  be  the  people  that 
come  after  us.  So  shall  they  rise  up  from  the  mists  of  the  future,  filling 
heaven  and  earth  and  sea  with  the  beauty,  greatness,  and  goodness  of  their 
acts,  and  then  return,  like  us,  to  the  great  source  from  which  they  came. 
And  among  them  what  multitudes  of  unborn  painters,  sculptors,  poets, 
merchant'princes,  generals,  and  statesmen !  Unknown  they  are  to  us,  but 
sure  to  be  — most  of  them  still  sleeping  in  the  vast  caverns  where  repose 
the  unborn  generations  of  mankind.  But  from  the  depths  of  the  mists 
which  conceal  them  we  already  hear  the  reverberations  of  their  heavy 
tread.  The  parting  haze  already  reveals  the  outline  of  the  giant  forms  of 

XXX 


CALIFORNIA  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 

their  leaders,  but,  alas,  their  faces  are  veiled !  These  are  the  men  for  whose 
coming  we  are  to  prepare  this  California  of  ours;  these  are  the  men 
who  are  to  ered;  on  the  Pacific  Coast  the  imperial  throne  of  the  great 
American  Empire ! 


XXXI 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY 

OF  CALIFORNIA  AND  THE 

PACIFIC  WEST 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY 

OF  CALIFORNIA  AND  THE 

PACIFIC  WEST 

ABBEY,  JAMES.  California.  A  trip  across  the  plains  in  the  spring 
of  1850.  Containing  valuable  information  to  emigrants  as  to 
where  they  will  find  wood,  water  and  grass  at  almost  every 
step  of  the  journey.  New  Albany,  Ind.:  Published  by  Kent  6P 
Norman,  and  J.  R.  Nunnemacher,  1850.  64  pp.  16°. 
An  unusual  and  rare  imprint. 

AN  ACCOUNT  OF  CALIFORNIA  AND  THE  WONDER- 
FUL GOLD  REGIONS.  With  a  description  of  the  different 
routes  to  California ;  information  about  the  country,  and  the 
ancient  and  modern  discoveries  of  gold ;  how  to  test  precious 
metals ;  accounts  of  gold  hunters ;  together  with  much  other 
useful  reading  for  those  going  to  California,  or  having  friends 
there.  Boston:  Published  by  J.  B.  Hall,  [1849].  I^  1-  Maps. 
Ills.  8°.  Pictorial  cover  title. 

Despite  the  ambitious  title,  the  work  contains  but  little  information, 
most  of  its  text  and  illustrations  being  of  a  humorous  character. 

ADAMS  &  CO.  Arguments  of  the  Hon.  Edward  Stanly,  of 
counsel  for  the  receiver,  and  T.  W.  Park,  Esq.,  of  counsel  for 
Alvin  Adams,  with  the  charge  of  the  court,  at  the  trial  of 
Alfred  A.  Cohen  on  a  charge  of  embezzlement,  in  the  case  of 
Adams  &  co.,  by  H.  M.  Naglee,  receiver,  versus  Alfred  A. 
Cohen.  San  Francisco :  Whitton,  Towne  6?  co.,  printers,  Ex- 
celsior job  office,  no.  151  Clay  street,  1856.  88  pp.  8°. 

This  celebrated  case  was  argued  in  March,  1856,  before  Judge  John  S. 
Hager.  After  deliberating  for  two  hours,  the  jury  brought  in  a  verdict 
against  the  defendant,  Cohen,  for  $269,000. 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

ADELUNG,  JOHAN  CRISTOPH.  Natiirliche  und  biirgerliche 
Geschichte  von  Californien  nebst  eine  neuen  Charte  dieses 
Landes  und  der  benachbarten  Meere.  Aus  dem  Englischen  iiber- 
sets  und  herausgegeben.  Lemgo:  InderMeyerschenBuchhand' 
lung,  1769-1770.  3  vols.  Fold.  map.  4°.  Vol.  I,  184  pp.  (1769.) 
Vol.  II,  198  pp.  (1769.)  Vol.  Ill,  176  pp.  (1770.) 
The  German  edition  of  Venegas'  California. 

ADVENTURES  OF  A  GOLD-FINDER.  Written  by  himself. 
London :  Henry  Colburn,  publisher,  Great  Marlborough  street, 
1850.  3  vols.  12°. 

These  adventures,  if  they  ever  occurred,  took  place  chiefly  at  sea  and 
in  Australia  and  California.  They  are  highly  frivolous,  and  doubtless 
greatly  exaggerated,  but  not  uninteresting. 

ADVENTURES  OF  THE  FIRM  OF  BROWN  6?  JINGO  IN 

GAL.  Compiled  entirely  and  with  the  strictest  adherence  to 
truth  from  Mr.  Brown's  own  private  journal,  without  that  gen- 
tleman's permission  either  ( and  here  Mr.  Brown  is  recommended 
for  the  future  not  to  leave  his  journal  in  charge  of  the  barkeep- 
er wherever  he  goes ! ! ! ! )  Price,  $3.  San  Francisco :  Lithogr.  by 
Justh  6?  Quirot,  Jackson  St.,  pub.  6?  sold  by  Cooke  6?  Lecount, 
Montgomery  St.,  [1851].  16  pp.  111.  Obi.  8°. 

A  series  of  humorous  scenes  with  descriptive  text  in  lithograph,  some- 
what after  the  style  of  the  well-known  "  Obadiah  Oldbuck,  Esq." 

ALASKA  COMMERCIAL  COMPANY.  Reply  of  the  Alaska 
Commercial  company  to  the  charges  of  Governor  Alfred  P. 
Swineford,  of  Alaska,  against  the  company  in  his  annual  re- 
port for  the  year  1887.  [San  Francisco] :  S.  W.  Raveley,  printer, 
[1888].  94  (2)  pp.  8°. 

Refers  to  violations  of  the  regulations  existing  between  the  United 
States  and  the  company  regarding  fur  sealing.  Apparently  privately 
printed. 

ALLEN,  A.  J.  Ten  years  in  Oregon.  Travels  and  adventures 
of  Doctor  E.  White  and  lady  west  of  the  Rocky  mountains ; 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

with  incidents  of  two  sea  voyages  via  Sandwich  islands  around 
Cape  Horn;  containing  also  a  brief  history  of  the  missions  and 
settlements  of  the  country— origin  of  the  provisional  govern- 
ment—number and  customs  of  the  Indians— incidents  witnessed 
while  traversing  and  residing  in  the  territory— description  of 
the  soil,  production  and  climate  of  the  country.  Compiled  by 
Miss  A.  J.  Allen.  Ithaca,  N.  Y. :  Mack,  Andrus  6P  co.,  printers, 
1848.  xvi,  17-399  pp.  8°.  Later  editions  were  published  in  Ith- 
aca in  1850,  and  New  York,  1859.  12°. 

Dr.  White  was  a  Presbyterian  missionary  of  courage  and  ability,  and 
in  this  mission,  which  was  both  religious  and  political,  these  traits  were 
employed  "with  remarkable  success  among  both  the  settler  and  the  In- 
dian population. 

ALLEN,  PAUL.  History  of  the  expedition  under  the  command 
of  Captains  Lewis  and  Clark,  to  the  sources  of  the  Missouri, 
thence  across  the  Rocky  mountains  and  down  the  River 
Columbia  to  the  Pacific  ocean,  performed  during  the  years 
1804-5-6.  .  .  .  Prepared  for  the  press  by  Paul  Allen,  Esquire. 
Philadelphia:  Bradstreet  and  Inskeep,  1814.  2  vols.  6  maps.  8°. 
Vol.  I,  xxviii,  470  pp.  Vol.  II,  ix,  522  pp. 

The  best  of  the  early  editions,  all  of  which  were  inferior  to  the  Eng- 
lish issues.  The  most  elaborate  edition  of  the  works  of  these  popular 
explorers  was  edited  by  Reuben  Gold  Thwaites,  and  published  in  New 
York  by  Dodd,  Mead  5?  co.,  1904-5,  15  vols.,  4°,  profusely  illustrated 
with  maps,  portraits,  views,  and  facsimiles.  The  most  valuable  is  the 
scholarly  work  as  edited  by  Elliott  Coues,  published  in  New  York  by 
Francis  P.  Harper,  1893, 4  vols.,  8°,  illustrated  with  portraits,  maps,  and 
facsimiles. 

ALLSOP,  ROBERT.  California  and  its  gold  mines ;  being  a  series 
of  recent  observations  from  the  mining  districts,  upon  the  pres- 
ent condition  and  future  prospects  of  quarts  mining,  with  an 
account  of  the  richer  deposits,  and  incidental  notices  of  the 
climate,  and  scenery,  and  mode  of  life  in  California.  London : 
Groombridge  6?  sons,  Paternoster,  1853.  149  pp.  16°. 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

ALMANAC.  The  California  state  almanac  for  the  year  of  our 
Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  1854,  being  the  second  after  bis- 
sextile, and  until  July  4th,  the  78th  year  of  the  Independence 
of  the  United  States.  Compiled  and  adapted  for  use  through- 
out California,  by  John  P.  Bogardus.  San  Francisco:  Published 
by  Cooke,  Kenny  6?  co.,  publishers,  booksellers  and  stationers, 
[1853].  30  pp.  8°. 

Entirely  Californian,  and  one  of  the  earliest  to  be  issued.  Contains  a 
chronology  of  San  Francisco  for  the  year  1853,  to  Dec.  31.  Almanacs 
have  not  been  included  in  this  work,  although  many  contain  valuable 
data.  The  most  important  have  been  those  issued  by  Hutchings  and 
Rosenfield,  Knight,  Langley,  Alta  California,  and  Jacoby ;  the  last  being 
in  the  German  language. 

ALTA  CALIFORNIA :  embracing  notices  of  the  climate,  soil, 
and  agricultural  products  of  northern  Mexico  and  the  Pacific 
seaboard ;  also,  a  history  of  the  military  and  naval  operations 
of  the  United  States  directed  against  the  territories  of  north- 
ern Mexico,  in  the  year  1846^47.  With  documents  declaratory 
of  the  policy  of  the  present  administration  of  the  national 
government  in  regard  to  the  annexation  of  conquered  territory 
to  this  union,  and  the  opinion  of  the  Hon.  James  Buchanan 
on  the  Wilmot  proviso,  &c.  By  a  Captain  of  Volunteers.  Phil- 
adelphia: H.  Packer  6?  co.,  publishers,  1847.  64  pp.  8°. 

This  pamphlet,  which  is  rare,  was  published  before  the  Treaty  of 
Guadalupe  Hidalgo  had  closed  the  Mexican  war.  It  relates  almost  en- 
tirely to  California,  and  its  author  apparently  still  remains  anonymous. 

AMELIA  SHERWOOD;  or  bloody  scenes  at  the  California 
gold  mines,  with  narrative  of  the  tragic  incidents  of  a  voyage 
to  San  Francisco.  Richmond:  1850.  32  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

An  inspiration  in  the  " blood  and  thunder"  variety  of  literature  that 
engrossed  the  sensationally  inclined  of  a  departed  generation.  The  author 
with  harrowing  minuteness  has  preserved  all  of  the  gory  details. 

AMORETTI,  CHARLES.  Voyage  de  la  mer  Atlantique  a  Tocean 
Pacifique  par  le  Nord-ouest  dans  la  mer  glaciale  par  le  Capi- 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

taine  Laurent  Ferrer  Maldonado,  Tan  MDLXXXVIII,  traduit  d'un 
manuscrit  espagnol  et  suivi  d'un  discours  qui  en  demontre  Pau' 
thenticite  et  la  veracite.  Plaisance :  de  T  Imprimerie  del  Majno, 
MDCCCXII.  2  1.  84  pp.  4  1.  Maps.  F°.  The  maps  are  twelve  in 
number  and  are  contained  in  three  sheets. 

This  voyage  is  judged  to  be  entirely  apocryphal.  Maldonado,  who 
came  from  either  Spain  or  Portugal,  entered  the  Strait  of  Labrador  in 
latitude  60°,  and  sailed  through  the  Polar  sea  to  the  west  coast  of  Amer- 
ica, along  which  he  sailed  to  55°.  His  nautical  observations  have  not 
been  reconciled  by  later  navigators,  and  during  part  of  the  voyage  he 
found  the  weather  hot  and  oppressive,  although  he  was  in  waters  above 
70°  latitude.  Bancroft  says,  "  his  story  was  a  lie  pure  and  simple,  man- 
ufactured  in  Spain  from  his  imagination,  and  not  plausible  enough  to 
deceive  even  men  who  on  that  topic  were  willing  to  be  deceived."  The 
Italian  edition  was  published  at  Milan,  1811. 

ANDERSON,  ALEXANDER  D.  The  silver  country  of  the  great 
southwest.  A  review  of  the  mineral  and  other  wealth,  the 
attractions  and  material  development  of  the  former  kingdom 
of  New  Spain,  comprising  Mexico,  and  the  Mexican  cessions 
to  the  United  States  in  1848  and  1853.  New  York:  G.  P.  Put' 
nam's  sons,  182  Fifth  avenue,  1877.  221  PP-  I2°- 

A  list  of  "Authorities  on  Mexico,  California,  Texas,  New  Mexico, 
Arizona,  Colorado,  Nevada,  and  Utah,"  occupies  pp.  130'  187. 

ANDERSON,  MARY  E.  Scenes  in  the  Hawaiian  islands  and 
California.  Boston:  [1865.]  238  pp.  Pis.  16°. 

[ANGEL,  MYRON,  ED.]  History  of  Nevada  with  illustrations 
and  biographical  sketches  of  its  prominent  men  and  pioneers. 
Oakland,  Cal. :  Thompson  6?  West,  1881.  xvi,  17-680  pp.  Pis. 
Ports.  4°. 

Of  the  variety  known  as  the  "  write-up,11  but  important  for  its  bk>' 
graphical  data. 

ANSON,  GEORGE.  A  voyage  round  the  world  in  the  years 
MDCCXL,  i,  n,  in,  iv.  By  George  Anson,  Esq.,  now  Lord  An- 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

son,  commander  in  chief  of  a  squadron  of  his  Majesty's  ships, 
sent  upon  an  expedition  to  the  South -seas.  Compiled  from 
his  papers  and  materials  by  Richard  Walter,  M.  A.,  chaplain 
of  his  Majesty's  ship  the  Centurion,  in  that  expedition.  Illus- 
trated  with  forty-two  copperplates.  The  fifth  edition.  London: 
Printed  for  the  author ;  by  John  and  Paul  Knapton,  in  Lud- 
gate-street,  MDCCXLIX.  9  1.  417,  2  pp.  Pis.  Maps.  4°. 

This  compilation  of  Richard  Walter  has  long  occupied  a  distinguished 
position  as  a  masterpiece  of  descriptive  travel.  The  first  edition  was  pub- 
lished in  quarto  in  1748,  and  its  textual  differences  with  the  later  quartos 
are  but  slight.  The  forty-two  maps  and  plates  should  accompany  all. 
There  is  an  abridgment  issued  in  octavo,  also  frequently  reprinted,  and 
translations  were  made  into  French,  German,  and  other  languages.  An- 
son's  voyage  appears  to  have  been  the  most  popular  book  of  maritime 
adventure  of  the  eighteenth  century. 

ANSTED,  DAVID  T.  The  gold-seeker's  manual;  being  a  practi- 
cal and  instructive  guide  to  all  persons  emigrating  to  the  newly- 
discovered  gold  regions  of  California.  New  York :  D.  Apple- 
ton  6?  company,  200  Broadway,  1849.  96  pp.  16°. 
This  was  the  standard  authority  of  the  time. 

ANTHONY,  C.  V.  Fifty  years  of  Methodism.  A  history  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  within  the  bounds  of  the  Cali- 
fornia annual  conference  from  1847  to  ^91'  San  Francisco: 
Published  by  the  Methodist  book  concern,  1037  Market  st, 
1901.  453,  x  pp.  8°. 

In  this  work,  -which  is  a  very  complete  history,  the  author,  a  clergy- 
man in  California  since  1851,  has  brought  together  a  vast  amount  of 
local  material. 

APOSTOLICOS  AFANES  DE  LA  COMPANIA  DE  JESUS, 
escritos  por  un  Padre  de  la  misma  sagrada  religion  de  su  Pro- 
vincia  de  Mexico.  Con  licencia.  Barcelona :  Por  Pablo  Nodal, 
Impressor,  en  la  calle  de  la  Canude,  ano  1754.  5  1.  452  pp. 
5  L  4°. 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

Ascribed  to  Padre  Jose  Ortega.  This  work  contains  much  upon  the 
lives  and  apostolic  labors  of  the  early  missionaries.  A  reprint  was  issued 
in  Mexico,  in  1887,  under  the  title  of  "Historia  del  Nayarit,  Sonora, 
Sinaloa,  y  ambas  Californias." 

APPONYI,  FLORA  RAINES.  The  libraries  of  California,  con- 
taining descriptions  of  the  principal  private  and  public  libraries 
throughout  the  state.  San  Francisco :  A.  L.  Bancroft  and  com- 
pany, 1878.  304  pp.  Pis.  8°. 

A  valuable  and  extremely  interesting  record  of  these  collections,  most 
of  which  have  long  since  been  dispersed.  500  copies  of  this  work  were 
printed. 

ARIZONA.  History  of  Arizona  territory  showing  its  resources 
and  advantages;  with  illustrations  descriptive  of  its  scenery, 
residences,  farms,  mines,  mills,  hotels,  business  houses,  schools, 
churches,  etc.  From  original  drawings.  San  Francisco :  Wal- 
lace W.  Elliott  6?  co.,  publishers,  42 1  Montgomery  street,  1884. 
322,  (i)  pp.  Ports.  Ills.  Diags.  F°. 

In  no  respect  does  this  work  resemble  nor  is  it  to  be  compared  with 
Bancroft's  Arizona,  but  it  contains  a  large  amount  of  biographical  and 
personal  history  not  to  be  found  elsewhere. 

ARMSTRONG,  A.  N.  Oregon :  Comprising  a  brief  history  and 
full  description  of  the  territories  of  Oregon  and  Washington, 
embracing  the  cities,  towns,  views,  bays,  harbors,  coasts,  moun- 
tains, prairies  and  plains ;  together  with  remarks  upon  the  social 
position,  productions,  resources  and  prospects  of  the  country, 
a  dissertation  upon  the  climate,  and  a  full  description  of  the 
Indian  tribes  of  the  Pacific  slope,  their  manners,  etc.  Inter- 
spersed with  incidents  of  travel  and  adventure.  Chicago :  Pub- 
lished by  Chas.  Scott  6?  co.,  1857.  v^  7'147-  I2°- 

The  writer  was  for  three  years  a  government  surveyor  in  Oregon. 

ARON,  JOSEPH.   History  of  a  great  work  and  of  an  honest 
miner,  Adolph  Sutro.  [Paris:  1892.]  114  pp.  Port.  Facs.  4°. 
Rigidly  suppressed.  Relates  to  the  operations  of  the  Sutro  tunnel. 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

ARRICIVITA,  JUAN  DOMINGO.  Cronica  serafica  y  apos- 
tolico  del  Colegio  de  Propaganda  Fide  de  la  Santa  Crus  de 
Queretaro  en  la  Nueva  Espafia.  Dedicada  al  Santismo  Patri' 
area  el  Senor  San  Joseph.  Segunda  parte.  En  Mexico :  Por  Don 
Felipe  de  Zufiiga  y  Ontiveros,  ano  de  1792.  9  1.  606,  7  pp.  F°. 

Pp.  461-468  contain  "  Segunda  expedicion  al  Puerto  de  San  Francisco, 
y  nuevo  viage  que  por  orden  del  Senor  Virrey  hizo  el  Padre  Fr.  Fran- 
cisco Garces  a  las  naciones  gentiles."  The  first  part  of  the  work  appeared 
in  Mexico  in  1746,  but  contains  no  reference  to  California. 

ARROYO  DE  LA  CUESTA,  FELIPE.  Grammar  of  the  Mut- 
sun  language,  spoken  at  the  mission  of  San  Juan  Bautista,  Alta 
California.  New  York:  Cramoisy  press,  1861.  viii,  9-48  pp.  8°. 

Shea's  library  of  American  linguistics,  iv.  Titles  in  English  and  Spanish. 
Father  Arroyo  de  la  Cuesta  resided  among  these  Indians  from  1810  to 
1842,  being  engaged  actively  and  continuously  in  missionary  work.  100 
copies  were  printed  in  8°,  and  a  few  (25,  it  is  stated)  were  issued  in  4°. 

ARROYO  DE  LA  CUESTA,  FELIPE.  Vocabulario  Mutsun. 
New  York:  Cramoisy  press,  1862.  96  pp.  8°. 

Shea's  library  of  American  linguistics,  viii.  100  copies  were  printed 
in  8°,  and  a  few  (25,  it  is  stated)  were  issued  in  4°. 

ATHERTON,  GERTRUDE.  The  splendid  idle  forties.  Stories 
of  old  California.  With  illustrations  by  Harrison  Fisher.  New 
York:  The  Macmillan  company,  1902.  4  1.  389  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

First  edition.  Among  the  stories  are,  "  The  Pearls  of  Loreto "  and 
"Bells  of  San  Gabriel." 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  W.  Illustrated  notes  of  an  expedition 
through  Mexico  and  California  in  1849-50.  New  York:  Pub- 
lished by  the  author,  1852.  4  col.  pis.  F°.  The  colored  litho- 
graphs are:  I.  The  Fourth  of  July  camp.  II.  The  night  watch. 
III.  The  Mexican  village  of  Jesus  Maria.  IV.  The  Canon  of 
Jesus  Maria. 

This  work  is  excessively  rare,  not  more  than  four  or  five  copies  being 
known  to  exist.  Part  I  was  all  that  appeared.  It  was  issued  in  two 

8 


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styles  —  with  plain  and  with  colored  plates,  the  lithographs  having  been 
made  by  Nagel  and  Weingartner,  the  noted  New  York  lithographers, 
whose  workmanship  was  of  the  best.  Nagel  later  pursued  his  profession 
for  many  years  in  San  Francisco. 

AUGER,  EDOUARD.  Voyage  en  Californie  (1852-1853).  Paris : 
Librairie  de  L.  Hachette  et  cie.  1854.  238  pp.  12°. 

AUTHENTISCHE  NACHRICHTEN  UBER  CALIFORNIA 
EN  UND  DESSEN  GOLD  REICHTHUM  sugleich  ein  Rath- 
geber  fur  Auswanderer  nebst  einer  Karte  des  Golddistricts. 
Bremen:  Loning  6?  comp.,  1849.  24  PP-  Fold.  map.  12°. 

[BAEGERT,  JACOB.]  Nachrichten  von  der  Amerikanischen 
Halbinsel  Californien ;  mit  einem  sweyfachen  Anhang  falscher 
Nachrichten.  Geschrieben  von  einem  Priester  der  Gesellschaft 
Jesu,  welcher  lang  darinn  diese  letstere  Jahr  gelebt  hat.  Mit 
Erlaubnuss  der  Oberen.  Mannheim:  Gedruckt  in  der  Chur' 
fiirstl.  Hof'und  Academie^Buchdruckerey,  1772.  7!.  3585(1) 
pp.  2  pis.  Fold.  map.  12°. 

Jacob  Baegert,  a  Jesuit  missionary,  resided  for  eighteen  years  in  Cali' 
fornia.  Perhaps  no  man  ever  wrote  an  impersonal  book  with  more  bit' 
terness  of  heart.  According  to  his  accounts  the  country  was  absolutely 
unfitted  for  habitation ;  it  was  inhabited  by  wild  and  ferocious  beasts ; 
peopled  by  inhospitable  and  cruel  savages;  water  was  unfit  for  use; 
wood  was  scarce ;  the  soil  would  not  sustain  life.  The  work  has  two 
plates  which  seem  not  to  have  been  issued  with  all  copies  —  "  Eine  Cali" 
fornierin,"  p.  89;  and,  "Ein  Californier,"  p.  194.  The  edition  of  1773  has 
the  same  contents  and  pagination. 

BAKER,  SAMUEL  WHITE.  True  tales  for  my  grandsons.  New 
York:  1884.  8,  435  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

Written  by  Sir  Samuel  Baker,  the  noted  African  explorer.  "  Bummer 
and  his  poor  acquaintances"  is  the  story  of  San  Francisco's  famous 
dogs,  "  Bummer  "  and  "  Lazarus." 

BALLENSTEDT,  C.  W.  T.  Beschreibung  meiner  reise  nach 
dem  Goldminen  Californiens.  Zur  Belehrung  und  Warming 
geschrieben.  Schoningen:  1851.  103  pp.  12°. 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

BALLOU,  JOHN.  The  lady  of  the  West,  or,  the  gold  seekers. 
Written  for  the  great  American  nation.  Cincinnati:  Printed 
for  the  author,  by  Moore,  Wilstach,  Keys  and  Overend,  1855. 
544  pp.  12°. 

BALTHASAR,  JUAN  ANTONIO.  Carta  del  P.  Provincial 
Juan  Antonio  Balthasar,  en  que  da  noticia  de  la  exemplar  vida, 
religiosas  virtudes,  y  apostolicos  trabajos  del  ferverosa  missio- 
nero  el  Venerable  P.  Francisco  Maria  Picolo.  [Dated  at  end], 
Mexico,  yDiciembre  23,  de  1752  anos.  88  pp.  4°. 

"  Misiones  de  las  Californias,"  pp.  3  6' 56.  "  Succinta  relacion  de  la  vida 
y  muerte  a  manos  de  los  Indies,  de  el  Padre  Lorenzo  Carranco,  missionero 
de  la  Peninsula  de  las  Californias,"  pp.  75-80.  "  Breve  noticia  de  la  vida, 
y  muerte,  a  manos  de  los  Indies,  del  V.  P.  Nicolas  de  Tamaral,  missio- 
nero de  la  Peninsula  de  las  Californias,"  pp.  8i'88.  Rare. 

BANCROFT,  HUBERT  HOWE.  Chronicles  of  the  builders 
of  the  commonwealth.  Historical  character  study.  San  Fran- 
cisco: The  History  company,  publishers,  1891.  8  vols.  Map. 
122  ports.  8°. 

Issued  as  a  continuation  of  his  history.  Within  the  scope  of  the  work 
the  compiler  has  included,  "  Sources  of  power  and  progress  and  the  in- 
fluence early  dominating  the  northwestern  part  of  North  America"; 
with  the  various  phases  of  government,  agriculture,  mines,  and  manufac- 
tures; routes  and  transportation;  commerce  and  society.  The  eighth 
volume  is  an  extensive  index  to  the  work. 

BANCROFT,  HUBERT  HOWE.  Literary  industries.  A  mem- 
oir. New  York:  Harper  6?  brothers,  Franklin  square,  1891. 
xxxi,  446  pp.  Port.  12°. 

An  extremely  interesting  book,  rewritten  and  condensed  from  the 
original  work  -which  was  published  the  year  previous  as  volume  39  of 
his  "  Works."  It  relates  chiefly  to  the  formation  and  growth  of  his  great 
library,  and  the  detailed  account  of  the  methods  employed  that  made 
his  voluminous  history  possible.  The  preface  was  written  by  George 
Frederick  Parsons,  an  able  journalist,  and  sometime  a  Californian. 

IO 


BANCROFT,  HUBERT  HOWE.  Works.  San  Francisco :  A. 
L.  Bancroft  6?  company,  publishers,  1882-91.  39  vols.  Maps.  8°. 
Known  also  as  "  History  of  the  Pacific  states."  The  "  Native  races 
of  the  Pacific  coast"  was  originally  published  in  New  York  in 
1874.  Contents :  Vols.  1-5,  Native  races.  6-8,  Central  America. 
9-14,  Mexico.  15-16,  North  Mexican  states  and  Texas.  17,  Ari- 
zona and  New  Mexico.  18-24,  California.  25,  Nevada,  Colora- 
do, and  Wyoming.  26,  Utah.  27-28,  Northwest  coast.  29-30, 
Oregon.  31,  Washington,  Idaho,  and  Montana.  32,  British  Co- 
lumbia. 33,  Alaska.  34,  California  pastoral.  35,  California  inter 
pocula.  36-37,  Popular  tribunals.  38,  Essays  and  miscellany.  39, 
Literary  industries. 

These  works,  especially  those  relating  to  California,  Oregon,  and  the 
northwest,  now  and  always  will  constitute  the  great  body  of  history 
of  the  Pacific  Coast.  No  historian,  perhaps,  ever  received  more  severe 
or  unjust  criticism,  and  that  not  infrequently  by  those  who  were  igno- 
rantly  disposed  and  the  least  qualified  to  array  themselves  in  judgment. 
A  very  common  and  equally  absurd  objection  is  the  persistence  with 
which  they  ascribe  to  him  the  authorship  of  the  entire  thirty-nine  vol- 
umes. Nowhere  in  his  numerous  works  nor  at  any  time  has  Mr.  Ban- 
croft made  this  claim.  He  has  rendered  generous  and  ample  tribute  to 
the  abilities  of  the  accomplished  scholars  that  assisted  him.  He  was 
obliged  to  write  of  his  contemporaries,  many  of  whom  he  knew  person- 
ally. He  knew  also  of  some  of  them  that  the  feet  were  of  clay,  and 
certain  of  his  statements  to  this  effect  brought  upon  him  much  vicious 
abuse.  That  he  sometimes  may  have  erred  in  judgment  is  admitted, 
and  that  his  estimate  of  the  value  of  certain  phases  of  history  may 
have  been  faulty  is  not  denied.  In  the  presence  of  his  gigantic  collabo- 
rations, however,  such  discrepancies  are  slight  and  fade  into  insignifi- 
cance. No  historian  of  his  time  made  use  of  so  large  a  number  of  original 
authorities  as  he,  and  the  wealth  of  foot-note  references  throughout  his 
works  most  eloquently  attests  this  fact.  His  collection  is  yet  extant, 
where  the  unprejudiced  investigator  may  verify  if  he  desires  or  refute 
if  he  can. 

BARBER  and  BAKER,  PUB.  Sacramento  illustrated.  Sacramento: 
Barber  6s?  Baker,  engravers,  authors  and  publishers.  Printed 

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A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

by  Monson  6?  Valentine,  steam  book  and  job  printers,  San 
Francisco,  1855.  36  pp.  Ills.  4°. 

Cover  title.  Contains  32  of  the  earliest  views  of  Sacramento  with 
extensive  historical  description.  This  work  has  long  been  excessively 
rare.  The  drawings  were  made  chiefly  by  George  H.  Baker,  one  of  the 
publishers. 

BARNES,  WILLIAM  H.  L.  Solid  silver.  A  play  in  five  acts, 
as  performed  at  tbe  California  theatre,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  San 
Francisco:  1871.  96  pp.  8°. 

This  play  was  presented  by  the  entire  company  of  the  famous  old 
theatre,  with  John  McCullough  in  the  leading  role. 

BARRA,  E.  I.  A  tale  of  two  oceans ;  a  new  story  by  an  old  Cali' 
fornian.  An  account  of  a  voyage  from  Philadelphia  to  San 
Francisco,  around  Cape  Horn,  years  1849^50,  calling  at  Rio  de 
Janeiro,  Brazil,  and  at  Juan  Fernandez,  in  the  south  Pacific. 
San  Francisco:  Press  of  Eastman  6?  co.,  1893.  198  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

The  author  for  many  years  was  a  well-known  character  in  San 
Francisco. 

BARRETT-LENNARD,  CHARLES  EDWARD.  Travels  in 
British  Columbia  with  tbe  narrative  of  a  yacht  voyage  round 
Vancouver's  island.  In  one  volume.  London :  Hurst  and  Black' 
ett,  publishers,  1862.  xii,  307  pp.  PL  8°. 

BARRINGTON,  DAINES.  Miscellanies  by  the  Honourable 
Daines  Barrington.  London :  Printed  by  J.  Nichols,  sold  by  B. 
Wbite,  at  Horace's  Head,  Fleet'Street,  MDCCLXXXI.  iv,  viii,  557, 
(i)pp.  Maps.  Ports.  Fold,  table.  4°. 

"Journal  of  a  voyage  in  1775,  to  explore  the  coast  of  America,  north' 
ward  of  California,  by  the  second  pilot  of  the  fleet,  Don  Francisco 
Antonio  Maurelle,  in  the  King's  schooner,  called  the  Sonora,  and  com' 
manded  by  Don  Juan  Francisco  de  la  Bodega,"  pp.  469' 5  3  4.  The  accom' 
panying  chart,  at  p.  525,  shows  the  Pacific  coast  from  the  Gulf  of 
California  to  Cape  St.  Elias. 

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BARROWS,  WILLIAM.  Oregon;  the  struggle  for  its  posses' 
sion.  Boston :  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  co.  The  Riverside  press, 
Cambridge,  1884.  viii,  363  pp.  Map.  12°. 

Published  in  the  American  Commonwealth  series.  A  concise  history 
of  undoubted  worth. 

BARRY,  T.  A.,  and  PATTEN,  B.  A.  Men  and  memories  of  San 
Francisco  in  the  "  Spring  of '50."  San  Francisco :  A.  L.  Bancroft 
&?  company,  publishers,  booksellers  and  stationers,  1873.  296 
pp.  12°. 

Presents  in  a  very  entertaining  manner  many  episodes  of  the  early 
life  of  San  Francisco  not  to  be  found  in  any  other  source.  It  has  been 
characterised  as  "  cheap  and  trashy,"  which  is  possibly  true  from  the 
viewpoint  of  those  who  suffer  from  intellectual  myopia.  It  is  a  most 
brilliant  panorama  of  the  times ;  after  acquaintance  with  it  we  feel  that 
we  must  have  known  intimately  the  scenes  and  characters  portrayed. 

BARTLETT,  JOHN  RUSSELL.  Personal  narrative  of  explora- 
tions and  incidents  in  Texas,  New  Mexico,  California,  Sonora, 
and  Chihuahua,  connected  with  the  United  States  and  Mexi- 
can  boundary  commission,  during  the  years,  1850,  '51,  '52,  and 
'53.  New  York:  D.  Appleton  6?  company,  346  5?  348  Broad- 
way, MDCCCLIV.  2  vols.  Pis.  Maps.  Ills.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xxii,  506  pp. 
6  pis.  II,  xvii,  624  pp.  10  pis. 

The  descriptions  of  California  will  be  found  in  vol.  II,  pp.  1-107.  Mr- 
Bartlett's  work  is  the  best  of  its  period. 

BATES,  MRS.  D.  B.  Incidents  on  land  and  water,  or,  four  years 
on  the  Pacific  coast.  Being  a  narrative  of  the  burning  of  the 
ships,  Nonantum,  Humayoon,  and  Fanchon,  together  with  many 
startling  adventures  on  sea  and  land.  Boston :  James  French  and 
company,  1857.  33^  PP-  ^s-  I2°- 

Many  editions  were  printed  of  this  popular  and  entertaining  book. 

BATES,  JOSEPH  C.  Report  of  the  proceedings  and  arguments 
in  the  Probate  court  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco, 
state  of  California,  on  the  trial  to  admit  to  probate  the  "  Last 

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will  and  testament"  of  Horace  Hawes,  (deceased).  From  the 
shorthand  reports  of  Messrs.  Marsh  6?  Osborne.  San  Francis' 
co :  A.  L.  Bancroft  and  company,  publishers,  booksellers  and 
stationers,  1872.  xxv,  600  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Horace  Hawes,  a  millionaire,  shortly  before  his  death  made  a  will  in 
which  ninetyfive  per  cent  of  his  valuable  estate  was  to  be  given  for 
public  purposes.  He  had  been  an  exceedingly  able  man,  but  suspicious 
and  unpopular.  The  will  was  contested,  and  the  jury  rendered  a  verdict 
that  he  had  not  been  of  sound  mind,  though  in  no  respect  insane.  He 
had  been  in  California  twenty-five  years,  during  all  of  which  time  he 
had  been  a  successful  business  man,  an  acute  lawyer,  and  a  prominent 
citizen  of  San  Francisco,  and  had  been  intrusted  with  the  conduct  of 
public  affairs  of  great  moment. 

BATTY,  JOSEPH.  Over  the  wilds  to  California ;  or,  eight  years 
from  home.  Edited  by  the  Rev.  John  Simpson.  Leeds :  Parrott, 
Briggate :  and  sold  by  W.  Lister,  Sutton'St.,  Commercial-Rd. 
London,  MDCCCLXVII.  (i),  64  pp.  16°. 

A  homely,  unaffected  narrative,  apparently  not  greatly  improved  by 
the  efforts  of  the  clerical  editor. 

BAUSMAN,  WILLIAM.  Early  California ;  a  drama,  in  five  acts. 
Period,  1855.  San  Francisco:  1872.  42,  (i)pp.  12°. 

Produced  at  the  Metropolitan  theatre,  San  Francisco,  Feb.,  1872.  The 
press  notices  were  highly  commendatory. 

BECKWOURTH,  JAMES  P.  The  life  and  adventures  of  James 
P.  Beckwourth,  mountaineer,  scout  and  pioneer,  and  chief  of 
the  Crow  Indians.  By  T.  D.  Bouner,  written  from  his  own  die- 
tation.  London:  Sampson  Low  6? son,  1856.  xii,  13-537.  Port. 
Ills.  12°. 

James  Beckwourth,  a  mulatto,  left  St.  Louis  when  a  boy  and  went  to 
live  among  the  Crow  Indians.  He  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  chieftain 
in  the  tribe,  for  some  acts  of  daring  bravery.  Editions  of  this  work,  with 
the  same  contents,  were  published  at  New  York  in  1856  and  1858. 

BEECHEY,  FREDERICK  WILLIAM.  Narrative  of  a  voyage  to 
the  Pacific  and  Beering's  strait,  to  co-operate  with  the  Polar 

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expeditions ;  performed  in  his  Majesty's  ship  Blossom,  in  the 
years  1825, 26, 27, 28.  Published  by  authority  of  the  Lords  Com' 
missioners  of  the  Admiralty.  A  new  edition.  In  two  volumes. 
London:  Henry  Colburn  and  Richard  Bentley,  1831.  2vols.  8°. 
Vol.  I,  xxii,  472  pp.  13  pis.  3  fold.  maps.  II,  iv,  452  pp.  10  pis. 

"Visit  to  California,"  vol.  II,  pp.  i'87.  The  plate  relating  to  California 
is  a  fine  and  spirited  picture  of  "  Californians  throwing  the  lasso."  This 
work  was  also  issued  in  two  volumes,  4°. 

BEERS,  GEORGE  A.  Vasques;  or  the  hunted  bandits  of  the  San 
Joaquin.  Containing  thrilling  scenes  and  incidents  among  the 
outlaws  and  desperadoes  of  southern  California.  With  a  full  and 
accurate  account  of  the  capture,  trial,  and  execution  of  the 
noted  bandit.  New  York :  Robert  M.  De  Witt,  publisher,  no. 
33  Rose  street,  [1875].  141  pp.  Diags.  8°. 

This  work,  although  written  in  somewhat  popular  style,  is  apparently 
authentic.  To  be  complete,  the  original  printed  cover  must  be  preserved, 
as  it  contains  a  portrait  and  a  facsimile  signature  of  Vasques,  not  found 
elsewhere  in  the  work. 

BEESON,  JOHN.  A  plea  for  the  Indians ;  with  facts  and  features 
of  the  late  war  in  Oregon.  New  York :  Published  by  John  Bee' 
son,  no.  15  Laight  street,  1857.  v^  9XI43>  C1)  PP-  I2°- 

First  edition.  Relates  chiefly  to  the  Rogue  river  war.  A  reprint  was 
issued  the  year  following. 

BEHR,  HANS  HERMANN.  The  hoot  of  the  owl.  San  Fran- 
cisco :  A.  M.  Robertson,  1904.  227  pp.  8°. 

A  collection  of  humorous  papers  written  for  and  read  at  the  "Jinks  " 
of  the  Bohemian  club. 

BELCHER,  EDWARD.  Narrative  of  a  voyage  round  the  world 
performed  in  her  Majesty's  ship  Sulphur,  during  the  years  1836' 
1842.  In  two  volumes.  London:  Henry  Colburn,  publisher, 
Great  Marlborough  street,  1843.  2  vols.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xxviii,  (2), 
387  pp.  8  pis.  3  fold.  maps.  II,  vi,  (2)  474  pp.  n  pis. 
Descriptions  of  the  Pacific  coast  are  contained  in  vol.  I,  pp.  9 

15 


BELL,  HORACE.  Reminiscences  of  a  ranger,  or  early  times  in 
southern  California.  Los  Angeles :  Yarnell,  Caystile  6?  Mathes, 
printers,  1881.  457  pp.  8°. 

The  rangers  were  occupied  largely  with  border  police  duty  or  its 
equivalent  service,  and  many  delinquents  were  apprehended  by  them 
and  brought  to  justice  or  otherwise  exterminated.  Bell  has  written  more 
minutely  upon  the  "seamy  side"  of  society  than  any  other  Californian 
author,  and  there  is  a  fascination  about  his  book.  From  the  long  lists 
given  us  of  murderous  villains,  thieving  scoundrels,  and  other  unholy 
characters,  it  would  appear  that  the  polite  society  of  the  south  in  those 
days  was  neither  large  nor  extensive. 

BENNETT,  NATHANIEL.  The  queue  case.  [San  Francisco: 
n.  d]  12  pp.  8°. 

Presents  the  entire  history  of  the  celebrated  "  pig  tail  ordinance," 
whereby  the  board  of  supervisors  of  San  Francisco  attempted  to  justify 
the  forcible  removal,  by  cutting,  of  the  queues  of  Chinese  offenders. 

BENTON,  JOSEPH  A.  California  as  she  was:  as  she  is:  as  she 
is  to  be.  A  discourse  delivered  at  the  First  church  of  Christ, 
in  Sixth  street,  Sacramento  city ;  on  the  occasion  of  the  annual 
Thanksgiving,  November  30,  1850.  Sacramento  city:  Placer 
Times  press,  corner  of  J  and  Second  streets,  1850.  16  pp.  8°. 

This  historical  discourse  is  believed  to  be  the  earliest  pamphlet  printed 
in  Sacramento. 

BENTON,  JOSEPH  A.  The  California  pilgrim.  A  series  of  lec- 
tures. Sacramento :  Solomon  Alter  publisher,  Marvin  6?  Hitch- 
cock, San  Francisco,  1853.  viii,  9-261  pp.  Pis.  12°. 

Written  in  the  form  of  an  allegory,  this  work  gives  many  details  of 
Californian  life.  The  author,  a  clergyman,  was  the  founder  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  California,  having  arrived  in  1849.  The  plates,  six 
in  number,  are  apparently  of  the  earlier  work  of  Charles  Nahl,  after- 
wards famous. 

BENTON,  THOMAS  HART.  Speech  of  Mr.  Benton,  of  Mis- 
souri, on  the  Oregon  question.  Delivered  in  the  Senate  of  the 

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United  States,  May  22,  25,  &?  28,  1846.  Washington:  Printed 
at  the  office  of  Blair  and  Rives,  1846.  39  pp.  8°. 

A  work  of  great  ability,  in  which  the  geographical  and  legal  situations 
are  treated  with  absolute  authority.  The  speeches  on  the  Oregon  ques' 
tion  delivered  in  Congress,  1843 '46,  issued  separately  in  pamphlet  form, 
number  about  one  hundred  and  twenty. 

[BERRY,  JOHN  J.]  Life  of  David  Belden.  New  York,  and  To- 
ronto, Canada:  Belden  brothers,  1891.  vi,  (i),  9-472  pp.  Port.  8°. 

David  Belden,  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  California,  1871-1887, 
settled  in  Nevada  city  in  1853.  Many  cases  of  importance  were  argued 
in  his  court,  and  his  decisions  form  a  considerable  portion  of  this  work. 

BESCHKE,  WILLIAM.  The  dreadful  sufferings  and  thrilling  ad- 
ventures of  an  overland  party  of  emigrants  to  California,  their 
terrific  conflicts  with  savage  tribes  of  Indians ! !  and  Mexican 
bands  of  robbers ! ! !  with  marriage,  funeral,  and  other  interest- 
ing ceremonies  and  customs  of  Indian  life  in  the  far  west. 
Compiled  from  the  journal  of  Mr.  George  Adam,  one  of  the 
adventurers,  by  Prof.  Wm.  Beschke.  St.  Louis,  Mo. :  Published 
by  Barclay  6P  co.,  1850.  xii,  13-71,  (i)  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

This  company,  known  as  the  "  California  phalanx,"  was  formed  in 
New  Orleans,  October,  1 849,  and  journeyed  by  the  southern  Platte  route. 
The  contents  of  this  work  and  the  illustrations  are  of  a  highly  lurid 
character. 

BETAGH,  WILLIAM.  A  voyage  round  the  world  being  an  ac- 
count of  a  remarkable  enterprise  begun  in  the  year  1719,  chiefly 
to  cruise  on  the  Spaniards  in  the  great  South  ocean.  Relating 
the  true  historical  parts  of  the  whole  affair.  Testifyd  by  many 
imployd  therein ;  and  confirmed  by  authorities  from  the  own- 
ers. London :  Printed  for  T.  Combes  at  the  Bible  and  Dove  in 
Pater-noster  Row,  6fc.,  MDCCXXVIII.  7  1.  342,  (4)  pp.  8°. 

Betagh  was  harshly  treated  in  Shelvocke's  narrative,  and  in  return 
wrote  with  the  design  of  exposing  Shelvocke.  Both  of  the  narratives 
evince  considerable  spirit.  A  second  edition,  without  change,  appeared 
in  1757. 

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A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  RELATING  TO  THE  GEOLOGY,  PA- 
LAEONTOLOGY,  AND  MINERAL  RESOURCES  OF 
CALIFORNIA.  Issued  by  the  California  state  mining  bureau, 
ferry  building,  San  Francisco.  By  authority  of  Hon.  George  C. 
Pardee,  governor  of  California.  Lewis  E.  Aubury,  state  miner' 
alogist.  Sacramento :  W.  W.  Shannon,  superintendent  of  state 
printing,  1904.  290  pp.  Pis.  Maps.  8°. 

Compiled  chiefly  by  Anthony  W.  Vogdes.  In  the  work  are  included 
the  various  geological  surveys  of  the  state ;  the  reports  of  the  surveyor' 
general;  state  mining  bureau  publications;  California  senate  and  assem' 
bly  documents  relating  to  geology  and  mining ;  publications  of  the  state 
university;  miscellaneous  works  of  narratives  and  adventures  of  the 
gold'seekers ;  and  a  cartography  of  California.  The  whole  forms  an  ex' 
tensive  and  authoritative  work,  accompanied  by  a  copious  index. 

BIDWELL,  JOHN.  John  BidwelTs  trip  to  California,  1841.  [St. 
Louis,  Mo.:  1842.]  32pp.  8°. 

Dated,  Bodega,  Port  of  the  Russians,  Upper  California,  Mar.  30, 1842. 
According  to  the  preface,  "  Mr.  John  Bidwell . . .  came  to  Missouri  from 
the  Buckeye  state  about  four  years  ago.  . . .  Inducements  held  forth  .  .  . 
to  go  to  California  .  .  .  caused  him  to  shoulder  his  rifle  and  join  one  of 
the  California  companies  which  leave  the  rendezvous  near  Independence 
annually.  Prior  to  his  going,  he  promised  his  friends  to  keep  a  journal, 
noticing  the  incidents  of  the  trip,  and  also  give  his  observations  of  the 
country  after  his  arrival  there, .  .  .  this  promise  he  has  redeemed,  by  for' 
warding  the  publisher  this  copy  of  his  journal."  Copies  are  of  superb.' 
tive  rarity. 

BIGHAM,  R.  W.  California  gold'field  scenes ;  selections  from 
Quien  Sabe's  gold'field  manuscripts.  Introduction  by  A.  G.  Hay 
good.  Nashville:  Southern  Methodist  publishing  house,  1886. 
283  pp.  12°. 

Written  by  a  clergyman,  and  quite  readable,  although  considerably 
tinctured  with  spirituality. 

BILSON,  B.  The  hunters  of  Kentucky ;  or  the  trials  and  toils  of 
traders  and  trappers,  during  an  expedition  to  the  Rocky  moun' 

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tains,  New  Mexico  and  California.  New  York :  W.  H.  Gra' 
ham,  1847.  I0°  PP-  8°. 

According  to  Field,  this  work  is  "A  reproduction  of  Pattie's  narrative, 
which  the  penury  of  the  thieving  writer's  imagination  has  not  empow- 
ered  him  to  clothe  with  new  language,  or  interleave  with  new  incidents." 

BISHOP,  WILLIAM  HENRY.  Mexico,  California  and  Arizona, 
being  a  new  and  revised  edition  of  Mexico  and  her  lost  prov 
inces.  New  York :  Harper  brothers,  1900.  xii,  569  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

The  well-known  work  of  an  able  author,  and  superior  to  the  earlier 
editions. 

BLACKMAR,  FRANK  W.  Spanish  institutions  of  the  south- 
-west.  Baltimore:  The  Johns  Hopkins  press,  1891.  xxv,  i,  353 
pp.  PL  Map.  8°. 

BLAKE,  EVARTS  I.  San  Francisco.  A  brief  biographical  sketch 
of  some  of  the  most  prominent  men  who  will  preside  over  her 
destiny  for  at  least  two  years.  Compiled  and  edited  by  Evarts 
I.  Blake.  San  Francisco :  Press  Pacific  publishing  company,  copy- 
righted, 1902.  223  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  8°. 

Some  data  concerning  the  early  history  of  San  Francisco,  and  a  series 
of  biographies,  with  portraits  of  municipal  officers,  form  the  contents  of 
this  volume. 

BLAKE,  WILLIAM  P.  Report  of  a  geological  reconnoissance  in 
California,  made  in  connection  with  the  surveys  of  routes  for 
a  railroad  from  the  Mississippi  river  to  the  Pacific  ocean,  under 
the  command  of  Lieut.  R.  S.  Williamson,  corps  top.  eng'rs,  in 
1853.  New  York:  H.  Bailliere,  290  Broadway,  1858.  xvipp.  1 1. 
370,  xiii  pp.  Pis.  Maps.  4°. 

Chiefly  from  the  official  papers  contained  in  vol.  V  of  the  reports  of 
the  surveys.  A  number  of  extra  copies  were  made  for  Prof.  Blake,  and 
from  them  this  volume  was  specially  prepared. 

[  BLANCHET,  FRANCIS  NORBERT.]  A  complete  dictionary 
of  the  Chinook  jargon,  (English-Chinook  and  Chinook-English ) ; 
to  which  are  added  numerous  conversations  thereby  enabling 

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any  person  to  speak  the  Chinook  correctly.  Third  edition. 
Portland,  O.T. :  Published  by  S.  J.  M'Cormick,  1856.  24  pp.  24°. 
Father  Norbert,  a  priest  of  the  Catholic  faith  and  sometime  Bishop 
of  Oregon,  came  from  Quebec  to  Oregon  in  1838,  being  one  of  the  first 
two  missionary  priests  to  arrive.  To  facilitate  his  apostolic  labors  he 
early  acquired  the  use  of  the  Indian  tongue  and  compiled  this  dictionary. 
This  work  has  gone  through  numerous  editions. 

BLANCHET,  FRANCIS  NORBERT.  Historical  sketches  of 
the  Catholic  church  in  Oregon :  1838-1878.  Portland,  Oregon : 
Catholic  Sentinel  press,  1878.  186  pp.  12°. 

The  historical  value  of  this  work  is  great,  although  it  is  impaired 
somewhat  by  the  rather  abusive  severity  the  author  has  shown  when 
referring  to  those  of  alien  faith. 

BLAND,  T.  A.  Life  of  Alfred  B.  Meacham,  together  with  his  lee' 
ture,  The  tragedy  of  the  lava  beds.  Washington,  D.  C. :  T.  A. 
&M.  C.  Bland,  publishers,  1883.  30  pp.  Port.  8°. 

MEACHAM,  ALFRED  B.  The  tragedy  of  the  lava  beds; 
a  lecture  delivered  in  Park  street  church,  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
May  24, 1874.  Washington,  D.  C. :  1883.  48pp.  Ports.  8°. 

These  two  works  were  issued  together.  Col.  Meacham  was  survivor 
of  the  massacre  by  the  Modoc  Indians,  under  Capt.  Jack,  of  Gen.  Canby 
and  Dr.  E.  Thomas,  in  1873.  For  this  outrage,  Capt.  Jack,  Schonchin 
John,  Boston  Charley,  and  others  were  hanged.  Meacham  was  desper- 
ately  wounded,  but  after  recovery  he  traveled  extensively,  delivering 
his  lecture  many  times.  Although  a  victim  of  their  treachery,  Meacham 
shows  that  the  Modocs  were  suffering  under  great  injuries  and  injustice 
inflicted  upon  them  by  the  whites. 

BLOKOM,  G.  [In  Russian.]  A  short  geographical  and  statistical 
description  of  California,  including  in  itself  reflections  upon 
the  soil,  climate  and  geographical  position  of  that  country; 
its  inhabitants;  their  manners,  religion  and  customs;  natural 
productions ;  its  trade  and  form  of  government,  included  with 
the  geological  survey  of  the  newly  opened  gold  region ;  with 
an  addition  of  the  latest  news  about  the  modern  extraction  of 

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gold,  by  the  European  and  North  American  immigrants.  Com' 
piled  according  to  the  best  sources  by  G.  Blokom.  With  a  de- 
tailed  general  map  of  California,  and  nine  partial  maps  of  the 
most  important  bays  and  of  the  gold  bearing  region  of  that 
country.  St.  Petersburg:  (In  the  Marine  Typography),  1850. 
(4)  132  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

A  very  uncommon  work  printed  in  Russian  for  the  use  of  those  in- 
tending emigration  from  that  country. 

BODEGA  Y  QUADRA,  JUAN  FRANCISCO.  Viages  de  ex- 
ploration. Primer  viaje  de  D.  Juan  Francisco  de  la  Bodega  y 
Quadra,  hasta  la  altura  de  58°  en  una  goleta  de  18  codos  de 
quilla  y  6  de  manga,  tripulado  con  un  piloto,  un  contra  maestre, 
un  guardian,  dies  marineros,  un  paje  y  un  criado.  Ano  de  1775. 
Madrid :  Deposito  Hidrogrifico,  calle  de  Alcala,  num.  56, 1865. 
In  Anuario  de  la  Direction  de  Hidrografia  ano  III,  pp.  279-336. 
Fold.  map.  8°. 

The  map  bears  the  inscription,  "  Carta  general  ce  cuando  hasta  hoy 
se  la  descubierto  y  examinado  por  los  Espafioles  en  la  coste  septentrional 
de  California  por  D.  Juan  Franco  de  la  Bodega  y  Quadra.  Ano  de  1791." 

BOGARDUS,  J.  P.  San  Francisco,  Sacramento  city,  and  Marys- 
ville  business  directory  for  July,  1850.  San  Francisco:  [Pub- 
lished monthly  at  William  B.  Cook  6?  co's.  bookstore,  Clay 
street,  Portsmouth  square],  1850.  10  pp.  (incl.  the  printed 
wrappers).  8°. 

The  earliest  directory  published  in  California,  antedating  by  three 
months  the  appearance  of  that  of  Kimball.  No  other  issue  has  been 
noted. 

BOLDUC,  JEAN-BAPTISTE  ZACARIE.  Mission  de  la  Co- 
lombie.  Lettre  et  journal  de  Mr.  J.-B.  Z.  Bolduc,  missionaire  de  la 
Colombie.  Quebec :  De  rimprimerie  de  J.-B.  Frechette,  pere,  im- 
primeur-libraire,  no.  13  rue  Lamontagne,  [1843].  95  PP-  I6°. 

Father  Bolduc  was  one  of  the  early  Catholic  missionaries  in  Oregon. 
The  larger  part  of  the  edition  of  this  work  was  burned  in  the  printing 
office,  and  it  is,  in  consequence,  extremely  scarce. 

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BOOTH,  EDWIN.  Edwin  Booth  in  twelve  dramatic  characters ; 
portraits  by  W.  J.  Hennessy ;  biographical  sketch  by  William 
Winter.  Boston:  1872.  51  pp.  13  pis.  F°. 

About  one'half  of  the  sketch  relates  to  Booth's  early  Califbrnian  ex' 
periences. 

BOOTH,  NEWTON.  Newton  Booth  of  California.  His  speeches 
and  addresses.  Edited  with  introduction  and  notes  by  Lauren 
E.  Crane.  New  York  and  London :  G.  P.  Putnam's  sons,  the 
Knickerbocker  press,  1894.  xiv,  521  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Newton  Booth  was  governor  of  California,  and  United  States  senator. 
Some  of  these  speeches  have  been  considered  the  most  graceful  ever 
delivered  in  California. 

BORTHWICKJ.  D.  Three  years  in  California.  Edinburgh  and 
London:  William  Blackwood  and  sons,  MDCCCLVII.  vi,  (i),  384 
pp.  Pis.  8°. 

Borthwick  spent  some  time  in  1851  as  an  actual  miner  at  Weaver 
creek.  His  book  presents  a  faithful  and  graphic  picture  of  these  mining 
experiences  of  the  early  days,  and  is  very  agreeable  reading.  Eight  tinted 
lithographs  after  drawings  by  the  author  add  further  to  the  attractions 
of  the  work. 

BOSQUI,  EDWARD.  Memoirs.  [San  Francisco:  1904.]  281 
pp.  8°. 

Privately  printed  (limited,  it  is  stated,  to  50  copies).  The  author  ar' 
rived  in  San  Francisco  July  23, 1850,  and  for  many  years  was  engaged 
actively  in  printing  and  publishing.  Like  many  other  works  of  this  class, 
these  recollections  are  of  interest  and  value,  and  the  extreme  scarcity 
of  this  volume  is  to  be  regretted. 

BOUGH ACOURT,  CHARLES.  Notice  industrielle  sur  la  Call- 
fornie.  Paris:  F.  Mathias;  Lyon:  Ch.  Savy,  1849.  72  PP-  8°. 
The  author  was  a  civil  engineer.  His  work  contains  little  beyond  a 
translation  of  the  official  documents  relating  to  the  gold  discovery. 

/          r 

BOUIS,  AMEDEE.  Le  Whip'poor'will  ou  les  pionniers  deTOre' 
gon.  Par  Amedee  Bouis,  ( American ).  Paris :  Au  comptoir  des 
Imprimeurs'Unis,  1847.  xvi»  42^  PP-  8°. 
Fiction. 

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BOUND  HOME;  or  the  gold  hunter's  manual.  A  newspaper 
published  on  board  the  Pacific  Mail  SS.  company's  steamship 
"  Northerner,"  Captain  Henry  Randall,  on  her  trip  from  San 
Francisco  to  Panama,  Mar.  2nd.  New  York :  Peppergrass,  Hot' 
Korn  &  co.,  pubs.  6?  props.,  1852.  51  pp.,  Ills.  12°. 

The  contents  and  illustrations  are  humorous  in  character. 

BOURS,  ALLEN  LEE.  Life's  pack  of  cards— a  poem— delivered 
before  the  Stockton  library  association  June  15,  1854,  also, 
Scandal— a  satirical  poem  delivered  on  the  same  occasion.  San 
Francisco:  1854.  16  pp.  8°. 

Of  extreme  rarity. 

BOWERS,  AMELIA.  The  dance  of  life.  An  answer  to  the  "Dance 
of  death"  by  Mrs.  Dr.  J.  Milton  Bowers.  San  Francisco :  San 
Francisco  news  company,  1877.  xii,  13-132  pp.  16°. 

A  clever  refutation,  although  not  equal  to  the  masterly  essay  that 
provoked  this  reply. 

BOWLES,  SAMUEL.  Across  the  continent.  A  summer's  jour- 
ney to  the  Rocky  mountains,  the  Mormons,  and  the  Pacific 
states,  with  Speaker  Colfax.  Springfield,  Mass. :  Samuel  Bowles 
6?  company.  New  York :  Hurd  6?  Houghton,  1866.  xx,  452  pp. 
Fold.  map.  12°. 

"Not  a  diary  of  a  personal  journey;  nor  a  guide-book;  nor  a  hand- 
book of  statistics ;  but  they  aim  to  give,  with  compactness  and  compre- 
hensiveness, the  distinctive  experiences  of  the  overland  journey."  — 
Preface. 

BOWLES,  SAMUEL.  Our  new  west.  Records  of  travel  be- 
tween the  Mississippi  river  and  the  Pacific  ocean.  Over  the 
plains— over  the  mountains— to,  and  up  and  down  the  Pacific 
coast.  With  details— of  the  life  of  the  Mormons,  Indians  and 
Chinese.  Hartford,  Conn. :  Hartford  publishing  co.  New  York: 
J.  D.  Dennison,  [etc.],  1869.  524  pp.  Pis.  Maps.  Ports.  8°. 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

BRACE,  CHARLES  LORING.  The  new  west;  or,  California 

in  1867-1868.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam's  sons,  1869.  xi,  (i), 

i3'373  PP-  I2°- 
BRIBERY;  or,  the  California  senatorial  election.  A  comedy,  in 

three  acts.  San  Francisco:  1868.  18,  (i)  pp.  8°. 

Cover'title.  This  play,  political  in  plot,  and  aimed  at  Eugene  Casserly, 

was  suppressed  by  the  anonymous  author  upon  the  advice  of  his  friends. 

BRIERLY,  B.  Thoughts  for  the  crisis:  a  discourse  delivered  in  the 
Washington  st.  Baptist  church,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  on  the 
Sabbath  following  the  assassination  of  James  King  of  Wm.  by 
James  P.  Casey.  San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the  Eureka  book 
and  job  office,  no.  168  Montgomery  street,  1856.  20  pp.  12°. 
Two  editions  were  published,  but  identical  in  contents  and  pagination. 

BRISTOL,  S.  The  pioneer  preacher.  Incidents  of  interest  and 
experience  in  the  author's  life.  Revival  labors  in  the  frontier 
settlements.  A  perilous  trip  across  the  plains  in  time  of  Indian 
wars,  and  before  the  railroads.  Three  years  in  the  mining  camps 
of  California  and  Idaho,  twenty-one  years'  residence  in  south- 
ern California,  etc.  By  Rev.  S.  Bristol,  San  Buena  Ventura,  Cal. 
Illustrated  by  Isabella  Blood.  Chicago  and  New  York:  Fleming 
H.  Revell,  [1887].  viii,  330  pp.  Port.  Ills.  12°. 

Exhibits  some  of  the  difficulties  encountered  and  hardships  experi' 
enced  along  the  old  overland  route. 

BRODIE,  WALTER.  Pitcairn  s  island,  and  the  islanders  in  1850. 
Together  with  extracts  from  his  private  journal,  and  a  few 
hints  upon  California ;  also,  the  reports  of  all  the  commanders 
of  H.  M.  ships  that  have  touched  at  the  above  island  since  1800. 
London:  Whittaker  6?  co.,  1851.  iv,  5-260  pp.  Pis.  Port.  12°. 
Relates  but  slightly  to  California.  The  author  describes  San  Fran- 
cisco as  "  a  horrid  sink  of  iniquity,"  and  refers  to  some  of  his  experiences 
there  with  considerable  fervor. 

BROOKS,  BENJAMIN  S.  Appendix  to  the  opening  statement 
and  brief  of  B.  S.  Brooks  on  the  Chinese  question,  referred  to 

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the  joint  committee  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa' 
tives,  consisting  of  documentary  evidence  and  statistics  bearing 
on  the  question  involved.  San  Francisco :  Women's  co-opera- 
tive  printing  union,  1877.  160  pp.  8°. 

Cover-title.  Contains  list  of  "  Outrages  on  Chinese,"  taken  from  a  file 
of  the  San  Francisco  "Evening  Bulletin,"  185 5-1876. 

BROOKS,  J.  TYRWHITT.  Four  months  among  the  gold-finders 
in  California;  being  the  diary  of  an  expedition  from  San  Fran- 
cisco to  the  gold  districts.  New  York:  D.Appleton  6?  company, 
200  Broadway.  Philadelphia:  Geo.  S.  Appleton,  164 Chestnut 
street,  MDCCCXLIX.  94  pp.  Map.  8°. 

One  of  the  first  works  to  give  the  results  of  actual  experience  in 
working  in  the  newly  discovered  gold  region.  His  party  of  five  accu- 
mulated more  than  one  hundred  pounds  of  gold,  but  unfortunately  they 
were  relieved  of  the  greater  part  of  it  by  equally  enterprising  high- 
waymen. 

BROUILLET,  J.  B.  A.  Authentic  account  of  the  murder  of  Dr. 
Whitman  and  the  ungrateful  calumnies  of  H.  H.  Spaulding, 
Protestant  missionary.  New  York:  Published  by  Cohans,  1853. 
107  pp.  12°. 

A  reprint  was  issued  at  Portland,  Oregon,  in  1869.  Both  editions  are 
rare.  This  work  has  objections  in  common  with  sectarian  writings,  but 
it  is  characterized  by  considerable  accuracy  of  statement. 

BROWN,  JAMES  S.  California  gold.  An  authentic  history  of 
the  first  find,  with  the  names  of  those  interested  in  the  dis- 
covery. Published  by  the  author,  James  S.  Brown,  Salt  Lake 
city,  Utah.  Oakland,  Cal. :  Pacific  Press  publishing  company, 
1894.  20  pp.  Port.  12°. 

A  fairly  accurate  account,  although  it  adds  nothing  to  that  of  John 
S.  HittdL 

BROWN,  J.HENRY.  Political  history  of  Oregon.  Provisional 
government.  Treaties,  conventions,  and  diplomatic  correspon- 
dence on  the  boundary  question;  historical  introduction  of  the 

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explorations  on  the  Pacific  coast;  history  of  the  provisional 
government  from  year  to  year,  with  election  returns  and  official 
reports ;  history  of  the  Cayuse  war,  with  original  documents. 
Volume  I.  Wiley  B.  Allen,  publisher.  Portland,  Oregon :  Press 
of  the  Lewis  6?  Dry  den  printing  co.,  1892.  viii,  462  pp.  Map. 
Ports.  Facs.  8°. 

Volume  one  appears  to  be  all  published.  This  important  work,  which 
brings  history  down  to  the  close  of  1848,  contains  copies  of  many  docu- 
ments of  great  value,  and  not  readily  accessible. 

BROWN,  JOHN  HENRY.  Reminiscences  and  incidents.  "The 
early  days"  of  San  Francisco.  Actual  experience  of  an  eye- 
witness, from  1845  to  1850.  San  Francisco:  Mission  Journal 
publishing  co.,  [1886].  52  1.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

John  Henry  Brown  came  to  California  in  1843.  He  was  a  well-known 
character  in  San  Francisco,  having  kept  in  1846  the  Portsmouth  house, 
and  at  various  times  between  1847  and  1850  the  City  hotel,  at  the 
corner  of  Kearny  and  Clay  streets.  His  book  contains  considerable  in- 
formation regarding  those  times,  but  was  poorly  printed  and  exhibits 
but  little  attempt  at  proof-reading.  His  spelling  of  proper  names  was 
largely  the  phonetic  variety  of  an  old  sailor  man  who  would  not  suffer 
correction,  and  in  this  respect  his  book  presents  probably  the  most  ex- 
traordinary mass  of  blunders  to  be  found  in  print.  The  map  shows  the 
owners  of  town  lots  in  San  Francisco,  1 846- 1850.  Issued  from  an  obscure 
newspaper  office,  a  small  number  only  was  printed,  and  the  work  is  rare. 

BROWNE,  J.  ROSS.  Crusoe's  island ;  a  ramble  in  the  footsteps 
of  Alexander  Selkirk.  With  sketches  of  adventure  in  Califor- 
nia and  Washoe.  New  York :  Harper  6?  brothers,  publishers, 
1864.  vii,  9-436  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

One  of  the  most  entertaining  books  relating  to  early  Californian  life. 
The  author  was  a  distinguished  traveler  and  diplomat.  In  addition  to 
those  upon  the  title,  the  work  contains  "A  dangerous  journey,"  and 
"  Observations  in  office,"  while  Indian  agent. 

BROWNE,  J.  ROSS.  Report  of  the  debates  in  the  convention 
of  California,  on  the  formation  of  the  state  constitution,  in 

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September  and  October,  1849.  Washington:  Printed  by  John 
T.  Towers,  1850.  479,  xlvi,  (i)  pp.  8°. 

An  exhaustive  account  of  the  acts  and  proceedings  of  this  most  re" 
markable  assembly.  Browne  was  the  only  shorthand  reporter  in  Call' 
fornia  at  that  time,  and  for  this  work  he  received  $10,000.  An  edition 
in  Spanish  was  printed  in  1851. 

BROWNE,  J.  ROSS,  and  TAYLOR,  JAMES  W.  Reports  up- 
on the  mineral  resources  of  the  United  States.  Washington: 
Government  printing  office,  1867.  360  pp.  8°. 

Pp.  i '268  relate  to  the  territory  west  of  the  Rocky  mountains,  prin' 
cipally  California  and  Nevada;  followed  by  Randolph's  "Address  on 
the  history  of  California,"  pp.  268^05 ;  and  Dwinelle's  "Address  on  the 
acquisition  of  California,"  pp.  3o6'32i. 

BROWNE,  J.  ROSS.  Resources  of  the  Pacific  slope.  A  statistical 
and  descriptive  summary  of  the  mines  and  minerals,  climate, 
topography,  agriculture,  commerce,  manufactures,  and  miscel' 
laneous  productions,  of  the  states  and  territories  west  of  the 
Rocky  mountains.  With  a  sketch  of  the  settlement  and  ex' 
ploration  of  Lower  California.  New  York :  D.  Appleton  and 
company,  1869.  678,  200  pp.  8°. 

Issued  originally  as  a  government  document.  The  sketch  of  Lower 
California  was  written  by  Alexander  S.  Taylor.  Pp.  598^04  contain  a 
bibliography  of  Alaska  by  the  same  author.  Some  copies  bear  the  im' 
print  of  H.  H.  Bancroft,  San  Francisco. 

BROWNE,  J.  ROSS.  A  sketch  of  the  settlement  and  exploration 
of  Lower  California.  San  Francisco :  H.  H.  Bancroft  and  com' 
pany,  1869.  200  pp.  8°. 

Among  the  contents  are  found  Alexander  S.  Taylor's  "  Historical 
summary  of  Lower  California,  from  its  discovery  in  1532  to  1867," 
pp.  5^7,  and  some  historical  sketches  of  Washington  and  Nevada. 

BRYANT,  EDWIN.  What  I  saw  in  California:  being  the  jour- 
nal of  a  tour,  by  the  emigrant  route  and  south  pass  of  the  Rocky 
mountains,  across  the  continent  of  North  America,  the  Great 

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Desert  basin,  and  through  California  in  the  years  1846' 1847. 
New  York:  D.  Appleton  &P  company,  MDCCCXLVIII.  455  pp.  12°. 
An  excellent  authority  both  on  the  overland  journey  and  events  in 
California.  The  author  was  alcalde  at  San  Francisco,  and  this  work  has 
had  much  popularity.  There  were  six  American  editions,  one  English, 
and  two  French  in  1848  and  1849.  There  was  also  an  edition,  now 
very  rare,  printed  with  the  addition  of  Wiersbickf  s  "  California  as  it 
is,"  and  issued  at  Launcestown,  Tasmania,  1850.  Beginning  with  the 
third,  the  American  edition  was  slightly  enlarged  and  a  map  was  added. 

BUCHANAN,  JAMES.  Last  letter  of  Mr.  Buchanan  to  Mr. 
Pakenham  on  the  American  title  to  Oregon.  Baltimore :  Printed 
at  the  Constitution  office,  1845.  J6  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

A  concise  statement  from  the  viewpoint  of  the  United  States,  by  its 
secretary  of  state.  The  Spanish' American  title  was  held  by  the  United 
States  to  reach  54°  40'  north. 

BUCKSKIN  MOSE;  or,  life  from  the  lakes  to  the  Pacific,  as 
actor,  circus-rider,  detective,  ranger,  gold-digger,  Indian  scout, 
and  guide.  Written  by  himself.  Edited,  and  with  illustrations 
by  C.  G.  Rosenberg.  New  York :  Henry  L.  Hinton,  publisher, 
744  Broadway,  1873.  285  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

Buckskin  Mose,  whose  real  name  is  unknown,  was  one  of  the  singular 
characters  that  belong  to  the  past.  He  reached  California  in  1857,  and 
seems  to  have  spent  most  of  the  time  at  Honey  lake  and  Susanville,  in 
Lassen  county.  Many  of  his  adventures  were  among  the  Indians,  and 
his  work  is  a  curious  mixture  of  desperate  exploits  and  sentiment. 

BUFFUM,  E.  GOULD.  Six  months  in  the  gold  mines;  from  a 
journal  of  three  years  residence  in  Upper  and  Lower  California, 
1847-8-9.  Philadelphia:  Lea  and  Blanchard,  1850.  xxiv,  25-172 
pp.  12°. 

BufFum  came  to  California  in  1847  ^  lieutenant  of  First  regiment, 
New  York  volunteers,  known  as  the  "Stevenson  regiment."  This  officer 
had  ability  and  education,  and  his  book  forms  one  of  the  chiefest  sources 
of  authority  for  the  history  of  that  period. 

BUILDERS  OF  A  GREAT  CITY.  San  Francisco's  representa- 
tive men,  the  city,  its  history  and  commerce.  Pregnant  facts 

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regarding  the  growth  of  the  leading  branches  of  trade,  indus' 
tries  and  products  of  the  state  and  coast.  In  two  volumes  — 
Volume  I.  San  Francisco :  Journal  of  Commerce  publishing  co., 
1891.  356  pp.  Ports.  8°. 

One  volume  was  all  that  appeared.  Brief  histories  of  California  and 
San  Francisco  occupy  the  first  hundred  pages,  the  remainder  of  the  work 
being  devoted  to  biographical  sketches.  A  series  of  ninetyfive  fine  por- 
traits  adds  much  to  the  value  of  the  work. 

BULFINCH,  THOMAS.  Oregon  and  El  Dorado;  or  romance 
of  the  rivers.  Boston:  J.  E.  Tilton  and  company,  1866.  xiv, 
464  pp.  12°. 

"Oregon,"  pp.  1-252.  This  "El  Dorado"  is  not  California,  but  "El 
Dorado  "  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  in  Guiana. 

BUNNELL,  LAFAYETTE  HOUGHTON.  Discovery  of  the 
Yosemite,  and  the  Indian  war  of  1851,  which  led  to  that  event. 
Chicago :  Fleming  H.  Revell,  148  and  1 50 Madison  street,  [  1 880]. 
331  pp.  Port.  Map.  12°. 

Dr.  Bunnell,  of  the  Mariposa  battalion,  was  one  of  the  discoverers. 
The  expedition  was  conducted  against  the  Mariposa  Indians. 

BURDETT,  CHARLES.  Life  of  Kit  Carson:  the  great  western 
hunter  and  guide.  Comprising  wild  and  romantic  exploits  as 
a  hunter  and  trapper  in  the  Rocky  mountains;  thrilling  ad' 
ventures  and  hairbreadth  escapes  among  the  Indians  and  Mexi' 
cans ;  his  daring  and  invaluable  services  as  a  guide  to  scouting 
and  other  parties,  etc.,  etc.  With  an  account  of  the  various 
government  expeditions  to  the  far  west.  Philadelphia:  Pub' 
lished  by  J.  Edwin  Potter,  1862.  374  pp.  Ills.  12°. 
Includes  his  Californian  experiences. 

[BURNETT,  PETER  HARDEMAN.]  Address  to  the  inhab- 
itants of  New  Mexico  and  California,  on  the  omission  by  Con- 
gress  to  provide  them  -with  territorial  governments,  and  on 
the  social  and  political  evils  of  slavery.  New  York :  Published 
by  the  Am.  6P  For.  Anti'slavery  society,  1849.  56  pp.  12°. 

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BURNETT,  PETER  H ARDEMAN.  Recollections  and  opinions 
of  an  old  pioneer.  New  York:  D.  Appleton  and  company, 
1880.  xiii,  448  pp.  12°. 

Burnett  was  first  governor  of  the  state  of  California.  His  work  is 
replete  with  the  early  history  of  Oregon  and  California,  although  it  is 
offered  in  rather  dry  form. 

BURNEY,  JAMES.  A  chronological  history  of  north-eastern 
voyages  of  discovery ;  and  of  the  early  eastern  navigations  of 
the  Russians.  London :  Printed  by  Luke  Hansard  &  sons,  Lin- 
colnVInn  Fields,  1819.  viii,  310  pp.  2  fold.  maps.  8°. 

Relates  largely  to  northwestern  America,  with  accounts  of  the  voy- 
ages and  explorations  of  Bering,  Tschirikow,  Cook,  and  others. 

BURNEY,  JAMES.  A  chronological  history  of  the  voyages  and 
discoveries  in  the  South  sea  or  Pacific  ocean,  to  the  year  1723, 
including  a  history  of  the  buccaneers  of  America.  By  James 
Burney,  F.  R.  S.,  captain  of  the  Royal  navy.  London :  Printed 
by  Luke  Hansard  &  sons,  near  Lincoln VInn  Fields,  &Pc.,  1803- 
1817.  5  vols.  4°. 

The  great  reputation  of  this  work  has  been  consistently  sustained 
for  a  century.  Many  of  the  early  voyages  to  California,  and  the  adjacent 
coast,  would  be  nearly  inaccessible  were  they  not  herein  collected. 
Among  these  are  the  narratives  or  reports  of  Alar9on,  Cabrillo,  Salva- 
tierra,  Vizcaino,  and  numerous  others.  The  author  has  also  included  the 
discussions  as  to  whether  California  was  insular  or  a  part  of  the  main- 
land ;  dissertations  upon  the  name  "  California" ;  and  an  account  of  the 
expedition  of  the  Spaniards  to  conquer  California ;  all  of  which  have 
been  taken  from  original  sources. 

BURNHAM,  DANIEL  H.  Report  on  a  plan  for  San  Francisco 
by  Daniel  H.  Burnham,  assisted  by  Edward  H.  Bennett.  Pre- 
sented to  the  mayor  and  board  of  supervisors  by  the  associa- 
tion for  the  improvement  and  adornment  of  San  Francisco. 
Edited  by  Edward  F.O'Day,  September,  MCMV.  [  San  Francisco] : 
Published  by  the  city,  [1905].  211,  7  pp.  Fold.  pis.  Ports.  4°. 
The  unforeseen  disaster  of  1906  disturbed  greatly  the  projects  in  this 
very  elaborate  scheme. 

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[BURTON,  R.]  The  English  heroe;  or  Sir  Francis  Drake  re- 
vived. Being  a  full  account  of  the  dangerous  voyage,  admirable 
adventures,  notable  discoveries,  and  magnanimous  achieve- 
ments  of  that  valiant  and  renowned  commander.  .  .  .  Recom- 
mended as  an  excellent  example  to  all  heroick  and  active  spirits 
in  these  days  to  endeavour  to  benefit  their  prince  and  coun- 
trey,  and  immortalize  their  names  by  like  worthy  undertak- 
ings. By  R.  B.  Revised,  corrected,  very  much  inlarged,  reduced 
into  chapters  with  contents,  and  beautified  with  pictures.  Li- 
censed and  entered  according  to  order,  March  30,  1687.  Lon- 
don :  Printed  for  Nath.  Crouch  at  the  Bell  in  the  Poultry  near 
Cheapside,  1687.  (2),  206  pp.  Port.  Ills.  12°. 

The  pictures  are  a  few  very  indifferent  woodcut  illustrations  in  the 
text.  This  work  was  popular,  having  gone  through  many  editions. 

BURTON,  RICHARD  FRANCIS.  The  city  of  the  saints  and 
across  the  Rocky  mountains  to  California.  London :  Longman, 
Green,  Longman,  and  Roberts,  1861.  xii,  707  pp.  Pis.  Map.  8°. 

Written  after  a  visit  to  California.  This  is  the  only  book  by  this  dis- 
tinguished traveler  descriptive  of  western  America. 

BUSH,  HENRY.  The  harp  of  the  day;  or  the  adventures  and 
travels  of  a  photographic  artist ;  with  other  poems.  San  Fran- 
cisco: Printed  for  the  author,  1865.  31  pp.  Port.  Ills.  8°. 

As  a  generality  these  poems  are  doggerel.  A  few  refer  to  his  photo- 
graphic establishment,  which  was  situated  at  Market  and  Montgomery 
streets.  His  travels  were  both  extensive  and  exciting,  being  over  Europe, 
Palestine,  and  Australia ;  going,  after  his  arrival  in  California,  to  British 
Columbia  in  search  of  gold  in  Cariboo. 

BUSHNELL,  HORACE.  California:  its  characteristics  and  pros- 
pects. San  Francisco :  Whitton,  Towne  &?  co.,  printers  and 
publishers,  1858.  32  pp.  8°. 

Appeared  first  in  the  "Weekly  Pacific,"  San  Francisco,  March  n, 
1858,  and  subsequently  reprinted  in  the  "New  Englander."  An  edition 
was  also  published  the  same  year  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

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BUSHNELL,  HORACE.  Movement  for  a  university  in  Cali- 
fornia. A  statement  to  the  public,  by  the  trustees  of  the  Col- 
lege of  California,  and  an  appeal.  San  Francisco :  Printed  at 
the  office  of  the  Pacific  publishing  co.,  no.  145  Clay  street, 
1857.  *3  PP-  8°. 

BUSHNELL,  HORACE.  Society  and  religion :  a  sermon  for  Cal- 
ifornia, delivered  on  Sabbath  evening,  July  6th,  1856,  at  the 
installation  of  Rev.  E.  S.  Lacy,  as  pastor  of  the  First  Congre- 
gational church,  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco:  Printed  by 
Sterett  6P  co.,  Pacific  job  office,  in  Washington  street,  1856. 
31  pp.  8°. 
Reprinted  later  the  same  year  at  Hartford,  Conn. 

BUYNITZKY,  STEPHEN  NESTOR.  English-Aleutian  vocab- 
ulary. Prepared  by  Stephen  N.  Buynitsky.  Published  by  the 
Alaska  Commercial  company.  San  Francisco:  "Alta  Califor- 
nia" book  and  job  printing  house,  no.  529  California  street, 
1871.  iv,  5-13  pp.  8°. 

A  small  edition  was  printed,  and  nearly  all  copies  were  sent  to  Alaska. 
In  1887,  upon  the  authority  of  James  C.  Pilling,  but  three  copies  were 
known  to  exist. 

CABALLERIA  [Y  COLLELL],  JUAN.  History  of  San  Ber- 
nardino valley,  from  the  padres  to  the  pioneers,  1810-1851. 
Illustrated  by  Constance  Farris.  [San  Bernardino,  Cal.:  Times- 
Index  press,  1902.]  130  pp.  Port.  Ills.  12°. 

CABALLERIA  Y  COLLELL,  JUAN.  History  of  the  city  of 
Santa  Barbara,  California,  from  its  discovery  to  our  own  days. 
Written  in  Spanish  by  Rev.  Juan  Caballeria  y  Collell,  and 
translated  by  Edmund  Burke,  with  a  preface  by  Jarrett  T. 
Richards.  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. :  F.  de  P.  Gutierrez,  book  and 
job  printer,  1892.  vii,  in,  (3)  pp.  12°. 

Notwithstanding  the  obvious  incongruity  expressed  upon  the  title, 
this  work  contains  considerable  well-collected  local  history. 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

CABRERA  BUENO,  JOSEPH  GONZALEZ.  Navegacion  es- 
peculativa  y  practica  con  la  explicacione  de  algunos  instru' 
mentos,  que  estan  mas  en  uso  en  los  navegantes  con  las  reglas 
necesarias  para  su  verdadero  uso,  ...  [6  lines].  Compuesta 
por  el  Almirante  D.  Joseph  Gonzalez  Cabrera  Bueno,  pilot 
major  de  la  carrera  de  Philipinas,  y  natural  de  la  isla  de  Tene' 
rife  una  de  las  Canarias,  ...  [6  lines].  Impresa  en  Manila 
en  el  convento  de  Nuestra  Senora  de  los  Angeles  de  la  orden 
de  Nro.  Seraphico  Padre  San  Francisco,  ano  de  1734.  10  1. 
392  pp.  2  1.  F°. 

Includes  the  sailing  directions  for  the  Pacific  coast  as  then  known. 
"Derrota  desde  el  Cabo  de  Mendocino  hasta  puerto  de  Acapulco  por 
la  costa,"  pp.  302^31 3.  For  many  years  this  work  was  the  authority  in 
extensive  use  by  the  Spanish  navigators  in  the  Pacific  and  along  the 
Californian  coast. 

CALIFORNIA:  its  past  history;  its  present  position ;  its  future 
prospects :  containing  a  history  of  the  country  from  its  col- 
onisation by  the  Spaniards  to  the  present  time;  a  sketch  of 
its  geographical  and  physical  features :  and  a  minute  and  au' 
thentic  account  of  the  discovery  of  the  gold  region,  and  the 
subsequent  important  proceedings.  Including  a  history  of  the 
rise,  progress,  and  present  condition  of  the  Mormon  settle' 
ments.  With  an  appendix,  containing  the  official  reports  made 
to  the  government  of  the  United  States.  London :  Printed  for 
the  proprietors,  1850.  viii,  270  pp.  Pis.  Map.  8°. 

This  anonymous  work  is  considerably  more  complete  than  many  of 
the  contemporary  accounts,  both  English  and  American.  A  perfect  copy 
should  contain  an  engraved  title,  three  plates,  and  a  map,  all  of  which 
are  finely  colored  by  hand.  The  plates  represent  views  in  the  Sacra' 
mento  valley,  and  scenes  of  traveling  to  the  mines,  and  gold  washing. 

CALIFORNIA :  its  present  condition  and  future  prospects,  with 
an  interesting  account  of  the  gold  regions.  By  a  scientific  gentle' 
man  several  years  resident  in  California.  Adelaide,  (Australia) : 
Printed  by  Andrew  Murray,  Rundle'Street,  1850.  52, 4  pp.  8°. 

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CALIFORNIA  BOOKS.  A  list  of  books  by  California  writers 
issued  by  the  San  Francisco  Women's  literary  exhibit.  Co' 
lumbian  exposition,  1893.  Price  25  cents.  Under  the  auspices 
of  the  San  Francisco  World's  Fair  association.  San  Francisco : 
Raveley  printing  company,  1893.  iv,  52  pp.  8°. 

An  exceedingly  primitive  compilation,  valuable  chiefly  as  a  curiosity. 

CALIFORNIA  BROADSIDES.  Order  of  fire.  Envoy.  The  proj- 
ect. The  departure.  The  return,  [n.  p.,  1850.]  10,  (8)  pp.  8°. 
These  poems  -were  written  in  1849  and  1850.  The  authorship  is  un- 
known,  although  the  last  is  signed  "M.  M.,  1850."  They  are  in  mock' 
heroic  doggerel. 

CALIFORNIA,  CONSTITUTION  DE.  Constitucion  del  es- 
tado  de  California.  San  Francisco :  Imprenta  del  oficio  de  Alta 
California,  1849.  16  pp.  8°. 

2000  copies  were  printed.  Of  the  English  edition  8000  were  issued, 
which  would  seem  to  be  an  indication  of  the  relative  political  strength 
of  the  Mexican  and  American  populations  at  that  time. 

CALIFORNIA,  CONSTITUTION  OF.  Constitution  of  the 
state  of  California.  San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the  office  of  the 
Alta  California,  1849.  I9  PP-  8°. 

The  first  appearance  of  the  constitution  in  book  form,  and  one  of 
the  earliest  works  printed  in  San  Francisco.  In  an  official  report  dated 
Monterey,  October  12, 1849,  Henry  W.  Halleck,  secretary  of  state,  an' 
nounces  that  8000  copies  were  printed.  (Cal.  mess.  &  doc.  jist  Cong., 
H.  of  R.,  Ex.  doc.  no.  17,  p.  859.)  Pp.  17-19  contain  "An  address  to  the 
people  of  California." 

CALIFORNIA  GOLD  REGIONS,  with  a  full  account  of  their 
mineral  resources;  how  to  get  there,  and  what  to  take;  the 
expenses,  the  time,  and  the  various  routes.  With  sketches  of 
California;  an  account  of  the  life,  manners,  and  customs  of 
the  inhabitants,  its  history,  climate,  soil,  productions,  6?c.  A 
cheap  edition  for  the  people.  Price  twelve-and-a-half  cents. 
Ten  copies  for  one  dollar.  New  York :  F.  M.  Pratt,  publisher, 
[1849].  48  pp.  8°. 

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This  seems  to  have  been  popular  in  its  day,  due  perhaps  to  its  low 
price,  as  the  same  work  is  found  under  the  imprints  of  several  dealers 
in  other  cities. 

CALIFORNIA  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.  Papers.  Vol.  I,  part 
i.  San  Francisco:  California  Historical  society,  1887.  32,  94 
pp.  8°. 

Contents :  —  Kellogg,  Martin :  The  local  units  of  history.  Moses,  Ber- 
nard :  Data  of  Mexican  and  United  States  history.  Doyle,  John  T.:  His' 
tory  of  the  "  Pious  fund  "  of  California.  Jones,  William  Carey :  The  first 
phase  of  the  conquest  of  California. 

CALIFORNIA  LAND  CLAIMS.  Organization,  acts  and  regu- 
lations of  the  U.  S.  land  commissioners  for  California,  with 
the  opinions  of  Commissioners  Hall  and  Wilson  on  the  regu- 
lation to  allow  adverse  claimants  to  intervene  in  the  original 
cases ;  and  Commissioner  Thornton's  opinion,  dissenting  from 
that  regulation,  and  a  list  of  land  titles  prosecuted  to  date. 
San  Francisco :  Monson,  Whitton  6?  co.,  printers.  Commer- 
cial power  presses,  272  Montgomery  st.,  1852.  43  pp.  8°. 

This  list,  the  first  to  be  printed,  shows  that  247  cases  were  already 
before  the  courts.  The  land  claims  of  California  have  been  both  great 
and  numerous,  and  form  an  important  feature  of  the  history  of  the  state. 
There  is  an  extensive  literature  on  this  subject. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  Address  on  the  acquisition  of  Cal- 
ifornia by  the  United  States.  Delivered  before  the  corporate 
Society  of  California  Pioneers,  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  in 
the  city  of  San  Francisco,  on  September  loth,  1866,  on  occa- 
sion of  the  sixteenth  anniversary  of  the  admission  of  the  state 
of  California  into  the  federal  union.  By  John  W.  Dwinelle, 
a  member  of  that  society.  San  Francisco,  CaL:  Printed  by 
Sterett  6?  Cubery,  533  Clay  street,  near  Leidesdorff,  1866.  34, 
d)pp.  8°. 

This  well-known  discourse  and  that  of  Randolph  have  been  the  ablest 
and  most  scholarly  of  the  many  orations  delivered  before  the  pioneers. 

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CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  The  Associated  Pioneers  of  the 
territorial  days  of  California,  in  the  city  of  New  York.  Organ' 
ized  February  nth,  1875.  New  York:  The  Frank  McE&oy 
Mercantile  steam  printing  house,  1875.  58  pp.  8°. 

This  association  was  composed  principally  of  the  survivors  of  the 
New  York  volunteers  known  as  "  Stevenson's  regiment."  Its  activity 
continued  for  thirty  years,  during  which  were  published  many  reports 
of  proceedings  and  celebrations. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  Constitution  and  bylaws  of  the 
Society  of  California  Pioneers.  San  Francisco :  Alta  California 
steam  presses,  1850.  10  pp.  16°. 

The  earliest  publication  of  the  society,  and  issued  at  the  time  of  its 
organization.  The  printed  reports  of  this  society  have  been  numerous. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  Festival  in  celebration  of  the  twen- 
tyfifth  anniversary  of  the  arrival  of  the  steamer  "  California" 
at  San  Francisco,  February  28th,  1849,  given  by  the  society 
of  "First  Steamship  Pioneers,"  February  28,  1874.  San  Fran' 
cisco:  H.  S.  Crocker  6?  co.,  1874.  62  pp.  8°. 

Celebrations  were  also  held  during  the  same  year  by  the  survivors 
of  the  pioneer  steamships,  "Oregon"  and  "Panama." 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  First  annual  of  the  Territorial  Pio- 
neers of  California,  containing  the  history  of  the  organisation, 
constitution  and  bylaws,  names  of  the  officers,  boards  of  di' 
rectors  and  committees  who  have  acted  since  the  organiza- 
tion— donations  and  by  whom  made— catalogue  of  all  the  mem' 
bers  of  all  classes— annual  celebrations  of  Admission  day— 
historical  and  biographical  contributions,  addresses  and  poems, 
in  memoriam,  etc.  Prepared  and  published  under  order  of  the 
society  by  John  C.  Burch,  J.  M.  McDonald,  L.  J.  Hardy,  Jr., 
Emory L.Willard,  publishing  committee.  San  Francisco:  Printed 
by  W.  M.  Hinton  5?co.,  536  Clay  street,  1877.  171  pp.  Map.  8°. 

Contents:  —  Burch,  John  C.:  Biographical  sketch  of  Theodore  D.  Judah. 
Hopkins,  R.  C.:  California,  a  poem.  Browne,  J.  Ross :  Historical  address. 

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McCabe,  John  H. :  Historical  essay  on  the  drama  in  California.  Explora- 
tions  of  Padre  Fray  Pedro  Font  from  San  Miguel  de  Orcasitas,  Sonora, 
to  the  bay  of  San  Francisco,  1775  and  1776.  (An  abridgment  translated 
into  English.)  The  first  exploration  of  the  bay  of  San  Francisco.  Ex- 
tract  of  a  letter  written  by  Padre  Jose  Altimira  to  Padre  Jose  Senan, 
dated  July  10, 1823,  translated  from  the  Spanish.  The  map  is  a  repro' 
duction  of  the  Kino  map  of  California,  1702,. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  First  Steamship  Pioneers.  Issued  by 
a  committee  of  the  association.  [  San  Francisco :  H.  S.  Crocker 
6?  co.,  printers,  1874.]  2  1.  viii  pp.  i  1.  393  pp.  4°. 

Issued  to  commemorate  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  arrival, 
February  28,  1849,  °f tne  "California,"  the  first  steamship  to  enter  the 
bay  of  San  Francisco.  At  the  time  of  issue  this  work  was  one  of  the 
finest  specimens  of  printing  that  had  appeared  in  California.  The  title 
is  illuminated  and  each  page  is  printed  in  brown  ink  within  a  red-ruled 
border.  Ten  photographs,  historic  in  character,  were  intended  to  ac- 
company  the  work,  but  are  rarely  to  be  found.  The  contents  comprise 
historic  accounts  of  the  vessel ;  its  voyage  and  arrival ;  and  biographies 
of  the  members.  100  copies  were  printed. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  Fourteenth  anniversary  of  the  So- 
ciety of  California  Pioneers.  Oration :  by  Rev.  Henry  W.  Bel- 
lows. Poem:  by  Frank  Bret  Harte,  Esq.  San  Francisco:  Printed 
at  the  Alta  California  book  and  job  office,  1864.  31  pp.  8°. 
This  is  the  third  title-page  to  appear  bearing  the  name  of  Bret  Harte. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  Misrepresentations  of  early  Cali- 
fornia history  corrected.  Proceedings  of  the  Society  of  Califor- 
nia Pioneers  in  regard  to  certain  misrepresentations  of  men 
and  events  in  early  California  history  made  in  the  works  of 
Hubert  Howe  Bancroft.  San  Francisco :  Hall  of  the  Society 
of  California  Pioneers,  February,  1894.  37  pp.  8°. 

An  interesting  but  bitter  arraignment  of  Mr.  Bancroft  and  his  works 
that  resulted  in  his  honorary  membership  in  the  society  being  revoked 
by  that  body. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  Nineteenth  anniversary  of  the  cor- 
porate Society  of  California  Pioneers.  Oration  by  Hon.  John 

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S.  Hittell,  a  member  of  the  society.  San  Francisco :  Published 
by  order  of  the  society,  1869.  21  pp.  8°. 

Although  not  of  great  length,  this  discourse  is  a  valuable  contribution 
to  the  history  of  this  state.  The  orations  and  addresses  made  before  the 
Pioneers  at  the  annual  celebration  of  the  admission  of  California,  Sep- 
tember 9,  were  published  annually  from  1853  to  I9OI>  inclusive,  with 
the  exception  of  the  years  1856, 1861, 1879, 1880, 1891,  and  1899.  Since 
1901  these  publications  have  been  discontinued. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  Report  of  the  historical  commit- 
tee of  the  Society  of  California  Pioneers  made  at  the  regular 
monthly  meeting  of  the  society,  April  ist,  1901,  refuting  certain 
slanderous  and  false  statements  made  from  time  to  time  against 
the  pioneer  men  and  women  of  California  by  preachers  of  sev- 
eral religious  denominations.  San  Francisco :  Published  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  unanimous  request  of  the  members  present 
at  such  meeting,  by  order  of  the  board  of  directors,  1901. 
20  pp.  8°. 

Somewhat  heated,  but  apparently  entirely  justifiable. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  Seventeenth  anniversary  of  the 
corporate  Society  of  California  Pioneers.  Oration :  by  William 
H.  Clark,  Esq.,  a  member  of  the  society.  Poem :  by  Charles 
Warren  Stoddard.  San  Francisco :  Published  by  order  of  the 
society,  1867.  23  pp.  8°. 

The  poem  is  entitled  "A  legend  of  San  Francisco,"  and  is  one  of  the 
earliest  productions  of  Stoddard  to  be  issued  in  book  form. 

CALIFORNIA  PIONEERS.  Twenty-fourth  anniversary  of  the 
corporate  Society  of  California  Pioneers.  Oration :  by  Dr.  J. 
D.  B.  Stillman.  Poem :  by  Mrs.  James  Neall.  San  Francisco : 
Published  by  order  of  the  society,  1874.  47  pp.  8°. 

An  able  historical  address.  Pp.  38-47  contain  "A  list  of  passenger 
arrivals  at  the  port  of  San  Francisco  for  the  year  1849";  giving  date 
of  arrival,  name  of  vessel,  where  from,  days  of  passage,  tonnage,  and 
number  of  passengers. 

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CALIFORNIA  SONGSTER,  containing  a  selection  of  local  and 
other  popular  songs ;  giving  a  true  sketch  of  the  ups  and  downs 
of  a  California  life.  San  Francisco :  Published  by  the  Noisy 
Carriers  book  and  stationery  company,  77  Long  wharf,  1855. 
vi,  56  pp.  32°. 

Fourteen  of  these  songs  are  local,  being  written  by  Dr.  Robinson 
(Yankee  Robinson),  John  Swett,  J.  H.  Finn,  and  others.  Among  these 
forgotten  lyrics  are  "Life  in  California,"  "Nevada  city,"  "The  Califor- 
nian  widow,"  and  "John  Chinaman." 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL.  Historical 
sketch  of  the  state  normal  school  at  San  Jose,  California,  with 
a  catalogue  of  its  graduates  and  a  record  of  their  work  for 
twenty-seven  years.  Sacramento:  State  office,  J.  D.  Young, 
supt.  state  printing,  1889.  283  pp.  2  pis.  8°. 

THE  CALIFORNIA  TEXT-BOOK;  containing  a  grammar  of 
the  Spanish  language  in  English ;  of  the  English  in  Spanish ; 
conversational  dialogues  in  both  languages,  and  a  full  description 
of  California.  Compiled  chiefly  from  the  grammar  of  Don  Jose 
de  Urcullu  and  the  United  States  surveys.  San  Francisco :  Mar- 
vin 6P  Hitchcock,  1852.  viii,  9-258  pp.  16°. 

This  is  believed  to  be  the  first  educational  work  published  in  Cali- 
fornia after  American  rule.  California  is  described  in  pp.  230-258.- 

CALIFORNIA  THREE  HUNDRED  AND  FIFTY  YEARS 
AGO.  Manuelo's  narrative,  translated  from  the  Portuguese, 
by  a  pioneer.  San  Francisco :  Samuel  Carson  6?  co.,  publishers 
and  booksellers,  1888.  333  pp.  Pis.  12°. 

A  singular  book  ascribed  to  Cornelius  C.  Cole.  Being  apparently  a 
weird  fiction,  to  ascertain  its  purport  would  be  as  difficult  as  to  find 
the  individual  who  has  read  it.  Pp.  141-186  are  occupied  by  a  remark- 
able poem  in  superlative  doggerel,  relating  chiefly  to  San  Francisco,  from 
the  arrival  of  the  "San  Carlos"  to  the  advent  of  Denis  Kearney  and 
the  Spring  valley  water  ring,  which  is  only  one  of  the  numerous  in- 
congruities found  in  the  "  Narrative." 

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CALIFORNIA  AND  NEW  MEXICO.  [Ho.  of  Reps.  3ist 
Congress,  ist  sess.,  Ex.  doc.  no.  17.]  Message  of  the  President 
of  the  United  States,  transmitting  information  in  answer  to  a 
resolution  of  the  House  of  the  jist  of  December,  1849,  on  tne 
subject  of  California  and  New  Mexico.  [Washington:  1850.] 
976  pp.  7  Fold.  maps.  8°. 

This  important  volume  contains  the  official  correspondence  and  doc- 
uments  relating  to  California,  1847-49,  and  is  the  most  extensive  source 
of  authorities  covering  that  period.  The  conduct  of  the  Mexican  war 
in  California;  the  formation  of  military  provisional  government;  the 
transition  from  territory  to  state ;  its  constitution ;  land  titles,  and  many 
other  phases  of  history  from  an  official  point  of  view  form  the  contents. 
The  maps  are  of  the  military  fortifications  of  Fort  Hill,  Monterey ;  the 
Presidio,  San  Francisco ;  Lieut.  Derby's  map  of  the  route  of  Gen.  Riley 
through  the  mining  districts  in  July  and  Aug.,  1849  '•>  Fremont's  surveys 
of  California ;  Beale's  expedition  against  the  Indians ;  and  two  maps  of 
Lower  California.  The  importance  of  this  message  was  so  great  that 
Congress  had  printed  10,000  extra  copies. 

CALIFORNIE.  Habitans  de  la  Californie,  dessines  par  Grasset 
St.-Sauveur.  Paris:  1796.  8  pp.  3  pis.  4°. 

Contains,  with  descriptive  text,  three  copperplates  beautifully  hand- 
colored,  representing  a  Californian  man,  a  Californian  woman,  and  a 
Californian  medicine-man.  Issued  separately  from  Grasset  St-Sauveurs 
"Encyclopedic  des  voyages,"  Paris,  1796.  Vol.  V,  Amerique  et  Oceanic. 

[CAMPBELL,  JOHN.]  A  concise  history  of  the  Spanish  Amer- 
ica ;  containing  a  succinct  relation  of  the  discovery  and  set- 
tlement of  its  several  colonies :  a  circumstantial  detail  of  their 
respective  situation,  extent,  commodities,  trade,  &fc.  And  a  full 
and  clear  account  of  the  commerce  with  Old  Spain  by  the  gal- 
leons, flota,  6fc.  As  also  of  the  contraband  trade  with  the  Eng- 
lish, Dutch,  French,  Danes,  and  Portuguese.  Together  with  an 
appendix  6-fc.  London :  Printed  for  John  Stagg  in  Westminster 
Hall,  and  Daniel  Browne  at  the  Black  Swan  without  Temple- 
Bar,  M.  D.  CCXLI.  viii,  330  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 
"Of  California  and  the  adjacent  isles,"  chap.  II,  book  i. 

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CAPRON,  ELISHA  SMITH.  History  of  California,  from  its 
discovery  to  the  present  time ;  .  .  .  with  a  journal  of  the  voy- 
age  from  New  York,  via  Nicaragua,  to  San  Francisco,  and  back, 
via  Panama.  Boston :  Published  by  John  P.  Jewett  6P  company, 
1854.  xi>  356  PP-  Fold.  map.  12°. 

This  work,  of  value  in  its  day,  is  not  yet  entirely  superseded. 

CARIBOO,  the  newly  discovered  gold  fields  of  British  Colum- 
bia,  fully  described  by  a  returned  digger,  who  made  his  own 
fortune  there,  and  advises  others  to  go  and  do  likewise.  Second 
edition.  London :  Published  by  Darton  6?  Hodge,  58  Holborn 
Hill,  1862.  76  pp.  12°. 

Cariboo  was  practically  developed  by  miners  who  came  from  Cali- 
fornia  in  large  numbers.  The  majority  of  them  did  not  experience  the 
success  claimed  by  the  writer  of  this  book. 

CARR,  EZRA  S.  The  Patrons  of  Husbandry  on  the  Pacific  coast. 
Being  a  complete  history  of  the  origin,  condition  and  progress 
of  agriculture  in  different  parts  of  the  world ;  of  the  origin  and 
growth  of  the  order  of  Patrons,  with  a  general  and  special 
grange  directory,  and  a  full  list  of  charter  members  of  the 
subordinate  granges  in  California.  San  Francisco :  A.  L.  Ban- 
croft and  company,  1875.  461  pp.  Errata  slip.  Pis.  Ports.  8°. 

Devoted  chiefly  to  California. 

CARR,  JOHN.  Pioneer  days  in  California;  by  John  Carr.  His- 
torical and  personal  sketches.  Eureka,  California :  Times  pub- 
lishing company,  book  and  job  printers,  1891.  452  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Contains  some  valuable  material  concerning  the  biographies  of  many 
of  the  early  Californians. 

CARRASCO  Y  GUISASOLA,  FRANCISCO.  Documentos 
referentes  al  reconocimiento  de  las  costas  de  las  Californias, 
desde  el  Cabo  de  San  Lucas  al  de  Mendocino  recopiladas  en 
el  archive  de  Indias  por  D.  Francisco  Carrasco  y  Guisasola, 

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coronel  y  capitan  de  fragata.   Madrid:  Direccion  de  Hidro' 
grafia,  calle  de  Alcala,  numero  56,  1882.  vii,  9-214  pp.  8°. 

Issued  in  two  parts,  reprinted  from  the  "Anuario  de  la  Direccion  de 
Hidrografia  ano  xx.  Publicado  de  orden  del  Ministerio  de  Marina, 
Madrid,  1882."  Relates  principally  to  the  expeditions  and  explorations 
of  Vizcaino  upon  the  coast  of  California,  1584-1602,  herein  published 
for  the  first  time. 

CARRILLO,  CARLOS  ANTONIO.  Exposition  dirigada  a  la 
Camara  de  Diputados  del  Congreso  de  la  Union  por  el  Sr.  D. 
Carlos  Antonio  Carrillo,  diputado  por  la  Alta  California.  So- 
bre  arreglo  y  administration  del  Fondo  Piadoso.  Mexico,  seti' 
embre  15  de  1831.  Carlos  Antonio  Carrillo.  Mexico :  Imprenta 
del  C.  Alejandro  Valdes,  1831.  16  pp.  8°. 

No  title;  imprint  is  at  the  end.  This  is  the  first  work  issued  in 
printed  form  of  any  native  Californian  author,  Carrillo  having  been 
born  at  Santa  Barbara  in  1783. 

CARROLL,  ANNA  ELLA.  The  star  of  the  west;  or  national 
men  and  national  measures.  New  York :  Miller,  Orton  &  co., 
1857.  xii,  1 3-561  pp.  Ports.  12°. 

"The  Pacific  railroad,"  pp.  13 7-1 86.  "The  victim  of  a  conspiracy," 
pp.  278-344,  refers  to  the  career  of  Lieut.  Washington  A.  Bartlett,  alcalde 
of  San  Francisco,  1846-47.  Among  the  portraits  is  one  of  this  officer. 

CARROLL,  W.  Dr.  Scott,  the  Vigilance  committee  and  the 
church.  A  lecture  by  W.  Carroll,  delivered  in  Musical  hall, 
San  Francisco,  Oct.  12, 1856.  San  Francisco:  Whitton,  Towne 
6?  co.,  printers,  Excelsior  steam  presses,  151  Clay  street,  near 
Montgomery,  1856.  52  pp.  8°. 

The  author  -was  really  Conrad  Wiegand,  an  employee  in  the  Mint  at 
San  Francisco.  His  lecture  was  supposed  to  be  in  favor  of  the  Vigi- 
lance committee,  and  was  "  delivered  to  enable  the  public  to  gain  accu- 
rate ideas  as  to  his  sanity,  which  has  been  feignedly  questioned  by  both 
the  'Evening  Bulletin1  and  'Post'  of  San  Francisco."  This  rambling,  in- 
coherent performance  took  three  hours  to  deliver,  and  finally  increased 
the  general  uncertainty  as  to  the  author's  position. 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

CARSON,  J.  H.  Early  recollections  of  the  mines,  and  a  descrip- 
tion  of  the  great  Tulare  valley.  By  J.  H.  Carson,  Esq.,  the  dis- 
coverer  of  Carson's  creek,  and  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  west. 
Stockton :  Published  to  the  steamer  edition  of  the  "  San  Joa- 
quin  Republican,"  1852.  64  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

The  first  book  printed  in  Stockton.  The  cover'title  states  that  it  is 
the  second  edition.  The  first  edition  did  not  appear  in  book  form,  having 
been  issued  as  a  supplement  to  a  number  of  the  "  San  Joaquin  Republi- 
can."  This  work  contains  an  account  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Cali' 
fornia ;  characteristic  sketches  of  the  early  miners ;  gold  diggings;  anec- 
dotes  illustrative  of  pioneer  life  and  pioneer  gambling  in  California ;  and 
a  history  of  the  valley  of  Tulare.  The  map,  made  by  C.  D.  Gibbes,  shows 
the  southern  mines  in  1852. 

CARTER,  CHARLES  FRANKLIN.  The  missions  of  Nueva 
California.  An  historical  sketch  with  illustrations  from  draw- 
ings by  the  author,  from  photographs,  and  reproductions  of  old 
prints.  San  Francisco :  The  Whitaker  and  Ray  company,  1900. 
xv,  189  pp.  Pis.  Port.  Ills.  8°. 

One  of  the  best  works  upon  the  subject.  The  illustrations  are  excel- 
lent, and  the  text  is  accurate  and  well  written. 

CARTER,  CHARLES  FRANKLIN.  Some  by-ways  of  Califor- 
nia. New  York:  The  Grafton  press,  [n.  d.].  vi,  189  pp.  12°. 
Descriptions  of  the  old  mission  towns,  the  home  of  Ramona,  and 
other  chapters  of  interest. 

CARVER,  JOHN.  Travels  through  the  interior  parts  of  North 
America,  in  the  years  1766, 1767,  and  1768.  By  J.  Carver,  Esq., 
captain  of  a  company  of  provincial  troops,  during  the  late  war 
with  France.  Illustrated  with  copperplates.  The  third  edition. 
To  which  is  added  some  account  of  the  author  and  a  copious 
index.  London:  C.  Dilly,  MDCCLXXXI.  22  pp.  n  1.  xvi,  17-543, 
(21)  pp.  4  col.  pis.  Fold.  pi.  Port.  2  maps.  8°. 

To  this  third  and  best  edition  a  biography  of  the  author  and  an  in- 
dex were  added  by  John  Coakley  Lettsom,  M.  D.,  who  had  become  the 
proprietor  of  the  work.  Carver  penetrated  the  west  to  very  remote 

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regions,  and  in  this  work  will  be  found  the  earliest  mention  of  the  name 
Oregon.  The  map,  dated  1778,  shows  California,  New  Albion,  and  the 
River  of  the  West. 

GARY,  THOMAS  B.  Gold  from  California,  and  its  effects  on 
prices.  A  lecture  delivered  at  North  Chelsea,  Massachusetts, 
March  25th,  1856.  With  some  reminiscences  of  the  place. 
New  York:  Printed  by  George  W.  Wood,  1856.  20  pp.  8°. 

Amplified  by  the  author  from  his  article  that  had  already  been  pub- 
lished  in  "Hunt's  Merchant's  magazine,"  May,  1856. 

CASSIN,  JOHN.  Illustrations  of  the  birds  of  California,  Texas, 
Oregon,  British  and  Russian  America.  Intended  to  contain 
descriptions  and  figures  of  all  North  American  birds  not  given 
by  former  American  authors,  and  a  general  synopsis  of  North 
American  ornithology.  Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippincott  5P  co., 
1865.  viii,  298  pp.  50  col.  pis.  8°. 

Prepared  as  an  addition  to  Audubon's  "  Birds."  It  contains  fifty  beau' 
tifully  colored  plates  of  birds,  new  or  unfigured  in  science,  inhabiting 
generally  the  Pacific  coast. 

CASTANARES,  MANUEL.  Coleccion  de  documentos  rela- 
tives de  California.  Mexico :  Imprenta  de  la  Voz  del  Pueblo, 
primera  calle  del  Relox  numero  7,  1845.  70  pp.  8°. 

Contains  accounts  of  the  missions,  Pious  fund,  Russian  settlements, 
etc.  This  work  is  also  responsible  for  the  statement  that  in  1843  rich 
placers  were  discovered  near  Los  Angeles  from  which  two  thousand 
ounces  of  gold  had  been  taken.  A  translation  by  Charles  Yale  of  that 
part  relating  to  the  discovery  of  gold  will  be  found  in  Browne's  "  Re- 
sources of  the  Pacific  slope." 

CATALOGUE  OF  THE  LOAN  BOOK  EXHIBITION,  held  at 
the  University  of  California,  Berkeley,  May  26th  to  3ist,  1884. 
Sacramento :  State  office,  James  J.  Ayres,  supt.  state  printing, 
1884.  96  pp.  8°. 

This  exhibition  was  held  "to  include  as  many  kinds  of  printed  work 
as  might  be  found  accessible,  and,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  illustrate  the 

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history  of  the  typographical  art  in  various  countries."  The  catalogue 
forms  an  interesting  record,  as  many  of  these  treasures  were  destroyed 
in  1906.  A  few  copies  were  issued  on  large  paper. 

[CATON,  AMELIA  Z.]  One  of  the  cunning  men  of  San  Fran- 
cisco ;  or,  woman's  wrongs :  being  sketches  from  the  diary  of 
a  neglected  wife.  San  Francisco :  Women's  co-operative  print- 
ing union,  424  Montgomery  street,  1869.  56  pp.  8°. 

A  very  curious  revelation  of  some  of  the  features  of  society  in  San 
Francisco  at  that  day. 

CAUWET,  PIERRE.  Poesies.  San  Francisco :  Henry  Payot,  li- 
braire  editeur,  640  rue  Washington,  1867.  198  pp.  8°. 

Rubricated  title.  Written  chiefly  in  California  between  1857  and  1867. 
A  number  are  peculiarly  local ;  as,  "  La  Shasta  et  la  somme,"  "  Feuilles 
d'un  livre  des  mines,"  and  "  La  retraite  du  Fraser." 

CHANDLER,  KATHERINE.  List  of  California  periodicals  is- 
sued previous  to  the  completion  of  the  trans-continental  tele- 
graph. (August  15,  1 846 -October  24,  1861.)  (Publications  of 
the  Library  association  of  California,  number  7.)  San  Fran- 
cisco: March,  1905.  20  pp.  8°. 

A  valuable  compilation,  although  not  complete.  It  affords  an  inter- 
esting study  to  those  who  may  be  curious  concerning  the  history  of  the 
"fourth  estate"  of  California.  It  is  formed  chiefly  from  the  list  of  E. 
C.  Kemble  in  the  "  Sacramento  Union,"  Dec.  25,  1858,  and  the  contents 
of  two  collections  of  specimen  newspapers,  one  of  "which  is  preserved 
in  the  state  library,  and  the  other  in  the  state  university. 

[CHAPARRO,  PADRE,  TRANS.]  Noticias  sobre  la  provincia 
eclesiastica  de  Oregon.  Valparaiso :  Calle  de  la  Aduana,  octu- 
bre  de  1856.  52,  pp.  16°. 

Translation  of  a  portion  of  De  Smets  "Missions  de  T  Oregon."  Chap. 
XI  is  "  Evangelisacion  de  ambas  Californias." 

CHAPPE  D'AUTEROCHE,  JEAN,  ABBE.  Voyage  enCalifornie 
pour  Tobservation  du  passage  de  Venus  sur  le  disque  du  soleil, 
le  3  juin  1769;  contenant  les  observations  de  ce  phenomene,  & 
la  description  historique  de  la  route  de  Tauteur  a  travers  le 

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Mexique.  Par  feu  M.  Chappe  cTAuteroche,  de  T  Academic 
Royale  des  Sciences.  Redige  6?  publie  par  M.  de  Cassino  fils,  de 
la  m£me  academie,  directeur  en  survivance  de  T  Observatoire 
Royal  de  Paris,  6?c.  A  Paris :  Chez;  Charles- Antoine  Jombert, 
libraire  du  Roi  pour  TArtillerie  &  le  Genie,  rue  Dauphine, 
a  T  Image  Notre  Dame.  M.  D.  cc.  LXXII.  Avec  approbation,  et  pri- 
vilege  du  Roi.  170,  (2)  pp.  2  pis.  Fold.  plan.  Table.  4°. 

This  celestial  phenomenon  was  visible  only  upon  the  coast  of  Cali- 
fornia.  Spain  knew  of  the  expedition,  and  fearing  the  possible  results 
hastened  to  dispatch  Portola  upon  his  mission  of  occupation  and  col- 
onisation of  Upper  California.  The  abbe  Chappe  died  while  in  Lower 
California  and  was  there  interred.  The  plan  is  of  the  city  of  Mexico. 

CHAPPE  D1  AUTEROCHE,  JEAN,  ABBE.  A  voyage  to  Califor- 
nia to  observe  the  transit  of  Venus,  with  an  historical  descrip- 
tion of  the  author's  route  through  Mexico,  and  the  natural 
history  of  tbat  province.  Also  a  voyage  to  Newfoundland  and 
Sallee  to  make  experiments  on  Mr.  Le  Roy's  time  keepers.  By 
Monsieur  de  Cassini.  London :  Printed  for  Edward  and  Charles 
Dilly  in  the  Poultry,  MDCCLXXVIII.  2  1.  215  pp.  Fold.  plan.  8°. 
Translated  from  the  French. 

CHINESE  QUESTION.  An  analysis  of  the  Chinese  question, 
consisting  of  a  special  message  of  the  governor,  and  in  reply 
thereto,  two  letters  of  theCbinamen,  and  a  memorial  of  tbe  cit- 
izens of  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the  office  of 
the  San  Francisco  Herald,  Montgomery  street,  1852.  14  pp.  8°. 
These  articles  appeared  in  the  "  Herald  "  in  April  and  May,  1852.  The 
rarity  of  this  pamphlet  is  such  that  it  has  heretofore  been  unknown  to 
bibliographers. 

CHINQUOPIN,  PSEUD.  George  Denny ;  or  sketches  of  life  in  tbe 
far  west.  San  Francisco :  P.  P.  Hull  6?  co.,  publishers,  Town 
Talk  office,  1856.  80  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

The  identity  of  the  author  is  unknown.  The  publisher  was  sometime 
husband  of  the  famous  Lola  Montes,  but  the  domestic  partnership  was 
brief,  lasting  but  six  months. 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

CHORIS,  LOUIS.  Voyage  pittoresque  autour  du  monde,  avec 
des  portraits  de  sauvages  d' Amerique,  d'Asie,  d'Afrique,  et  des 
lies  du  Grand  ocean ;  des  paysages,  des  vues  maritimes,  et  plu- 
sieursobjets  d'histoire  naturelles;  accompagne  de  descriptions 
par  M.  le  Baron  Cuvier,  et  M.  A.  de  Chamisso,  et  d1  observa- 
tions sur  les  cranes  humains  par  M.  le  Docteur  Gall.  Par  M. 
Louis  Choris,  peintre.  Paris :  De  T  imprimerie  de  Firmin  Didot, 
imprimeurs  du  Roi,  de  T  Institut  et  de  la  Marine,  rue  Jacob, 
no.  24,  1822.  F°. 

Contents :  —  Port.  Count  N.  Romanz;off.  Dedication  and  introduction, 
(2),  vi  pp.  i.  Traversee  de  Cronstadt  au  Chile,  17  pp.  12  pis.  2.  Kam- 
tchatka,  le  Golfe  de  Kotsebue  et  laTerre  des  Tchouktchis,  17  pp.  10  pis. 
3.  Port  San  Francisco  et  ses  habitants,  10  pp.  12  pis.  Vue  du  Presidio 
Sn.  Francisco.  Danse  des  habitants  de  CaHfornie  a  la  mision  de  Sn. 
Francisco.  Habitants,  moeurs,  armes,  6Pc.  Histoire  naturelle.  4.  L  'ours 
gris  de  T America  septentrional.  3  pp.  i  pi.  5.  lies  Sandwich,  24  pp. 
19  pis.  6.  lies  Radak,  22  pp.  19  pis.  7.  lies  Aleoutiennes,  28  pp.  23  pis. 
8.  lies  Mariannes,  19  pp.  7  pis.  Notice  sur  les  iles  de  corail  du  Grand 
ocean  par  Adalbert  de  Chamisso,  6  pp.  i  fold.  map.  Errata,  etc.,  2  1. 
Many  of  the  plates  are  colored.  Choris  came  to  California  in  1816  as 
the  artist  of  the  Kotz,ebue  expedition.  His  work  is  the  best  and  most 
elaborate  of  that  period. 

THE  "CITY  GUARD."  A  history  of  company  "B  "  First  regi- 
ment infantry,  N.  G.  C.,  during  the  Sacramento  campaign,  July 
3  to  26,  1894.  Including  a  brief  history  of  the  company  since 
its  organization  Marcb  31, 1854,  to  July  3, 1894.  San  Francisco : 
Filmer-Rollins  electrotype  co.,  [1895].  263  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  8°. 
In  addition  to  its  history  the  operations  of  this  organisation  during 
the  great  railroad  strike  of  1894  are  fully  reviewed. 

CLARK,  FRANCIS  D.  Tbe  First  regiment  of  New  York  vol- 
unteers commanded  by  Col.  Jonathan  D.  Stevenson  in  tbe 
Mexican  war,  1846-1882.  Names  of  the  members  of  tbe  regi- 
ment during  its  term  of  service  in  Upper  and  Lower  California, 
1847-1848,  witb  a  record  of  all  known  survivors  on  tbe  i5th 
day  of  April,  1882,  and  those  known  to  have  deceased,  with 

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A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

other  matters  of  interest  pertaining  to  the  organisation  and 
service  of  the  regiment.  Compiled  by  their  comrade,  Francis 
D.  Clark.  New  York :  Geo.  S.  Evans  6?  co.,  printers,  38  Cort- 
landt  street,  1882.  94  pp.  Ports.  8°. 

The  most  complete  history  of  this  famous  military  organization. 

CLARK,  GALEN.  Indians  of  the  Yosemite  valley  and  vicinity. 
Their  history,  customs  and  traditions.  By  Galen  Clark,  discov- 
erer  of  the  Mariposa  grove  of  big  trees  and  for  many  years 
guardian  of  the  Yosemite  valley.  Illustrated  by  Chris.  Jorgensen 
and  from  photographs.  Yosemite  valley, California:  GalenClark, 
1904.  xviii,  (2),  no  pp.  Pis.  Port.  12°. 

First  edition.  One  of  the  best  available  sources  relating  to  the  life 
and  legends  of  these  fast-disappearing  aboriginal  inhabitants. 

CLARK,  J.  F.  The  society  in  search  of  truth ;  or,  stock  gambling 
in  San  Francisco.  Dedicated  to  all  lovers  of  truth  in  the  great 
American  nation.  Oakland,  Cal. :  Pacific  press,  printers,  stereo- 
typers  and  binders,  1878.  viii,  9-326  pp.  12°. 

A  rather  clear  expose,  in  which  some  of  the  characters  are  but  slightly 
disguised. 

CLARK,  SAMUEL.  The  life  and  death  of  the  valiant  and  re- 
nowned Sir  Francis  Drake.  His  voyages  and  discoveries  in  the 
West  Indies,  and  about  the  world ;  with  his  noble  and  heroic 
acts.  By  Samuel  Clark,  late  minister  of  Benet  Fink,  London. 
London :  Printed  for  Simon  Miller,  at  the  Star,  at  the  West 
End  of  S.  Pauls,  1671.  (2),  71,  5  pp.  Port.  4°. 

Later  editions  exist.  "Nova  Albion"  described,  pp.  29-31. 

CLARKE,  A.  B.  Travels  in  Mexico  and  California,  comprising 
a  journal  of  a  tour  from  Brasos  Santiago,  through  Central 
America,  by  way  of  Monterey,  Chihuahua,  the  country  of  the 
Apaches,  and  the  river  Gila,  to  the  mining  districts  of  Cali- 
fornia. Boston:  Wright  &  Hasty,  printers,  1852.  138  pp.  12°. 
This  work  is  scarce  and  but  little  known. 

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AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

CLAVIGERO,  FRANCESCO  SAVERIO.  Storia  della  Califor- 
nia, opera  postuma  del  Nob.  Sig.  Abate  D.  Francesco  Saverio 
Clavigero.  In  Venecia :  Appresso  Modesto  Fenz,o.  Conlicenza 
de'  Superiori,  e  privilegio,  MDCCLXXXIX.  2  vols.  Fold.  map.  4°. 
Vol.  I,  276,  i  pp.  II,  212,  i  pp. 

The  map,  dated  1788,  was  drawn  by  Raimondo  Tarras.  Clavigero's 
work  has  never  been  translated  into  English. 

CLAVIJERO,  FRANCISCO  SAVERIO.  Historia  de  la  An- 
tigua 6  Baja  California.  Obra  postuma  del  Padre  Francisco 
Javier  Clavijero,  de  la  Compania  de  Jesus.  Traducido  del  Italiano 
por  el  presbitero  Don  Nicolas  Garcia  de  San  Vicente.  Mejico : 
Imprenta  de  Juan  R.  Navarro,  editor,  1852.  [With]  Relacion 
historica  de  la  vida  del  venerable  Padre  Fray  Junipero  Serra. 
Mejico:  Imprenta  de  Juan  de  Navarro,  editor,  1852.  3  1.  v, 
252  pp.  3  1.  F°. 

The  work  of  Clavijero  occupies  pp.  1-123.  It  is  the  only  translation 
that  has  thus  far  appeared.  The  "Vida  del  Serra"  is  included  in  pp. 
125-252.  This  is  the  well-known  work  of  Padre  Francisco  Palou,  and 
is  here  reprinted  without  change  from  the  original  edition  of  Mexico, 
1787.  A  complete  index  accompanies  both  of  the  works.  These  two 
works  were  issued  with  the  general  title,  "Biblioteca  nacional  y  extran- 
jera.  Seccion  primera.  Historia  antigua  y  moderna  Mejicana." 

CLEMENS,  SAMUEL  L.  PSEUD.  MARK  TWAIN.  Roughing 
it,  by  Mark  Twain  ( Samuel  L.  Clemens ).  Fully  illustrated  by 
eminent  artists.  ( Issued  by  subscription  only,  and  not  for  sale 
in  the  book  stores.)  Hartford,  Conn.:  American  publishing 
company,  1872.  xviii,  19-591  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

This  work,  which  is  universally  known,  is  unlike  any  other  western 
book.  It  relates  chiefly  to  the  early  life  and  times  of  Nevada  and  California. 

CLEMENS,  SAMUEL  L.  PSEUD.  MARK  TWAIN.  The  cele- 
brated jumping  frog  of  Calaveras  county  and  other  sketches. 
By  Mark  Twain.  Edited  by  John  Paul.  New  York:  C.H.Webb, 
1867.  198  pp.  16°. 
The  first  edition.  A  second  edition  appeared  the  following  year. 

49 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

CLEMENS,  WILLIAM  M.  Mark  Twain.  His  life  and  work. 
A  biographical  sketch.  San  Francisco :  The  Clemens  publish' 
ing  company,  1892.  211  pp.  12°. 

Mark  Twain  came  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  1862.  His  early  experiences 
in  Nevada  and  California  are  described,  pp.  37-81. 

CLINCH,  BRYAN  J.  California  and  its  missions.  Their  history 
to  the  treaty  of  Guadalupe  Hidalgo.  In  two  volumes.  San 
Francisco :  The  Whitaker  6?  Ray  company,  ( incorporated ) 
publishers,  1904.  Pis.  Maps.  Ports.  8°.  Vol.  1, 228  pp.  II,  538  pp. 

This  work  is  quite  scarce.  Issued  shortly  before  the  fire  and  being 
severely  reviewed,  but  few  copies  were  distributed.  It  is  somewhat 
prejudiced,  and  the  author  has  cited  but  a  very  few  of  his  authorities, 
which  lessens  the  value  it  might  otherwise  have  possessed. 

CLIPPINGS  FROM  THE  CALIFORNIA  PRESS  in  regard  to 
steam  across  the  Pacific,  from  March  to  November,  1860.  San 
Francisco :  Towne  &P  Bacon,  printers,  Excelsior  book  and  job 
office,  1860.  104  pp.  8°. 

Published  to  "call  public  attention  to  a  matter  so  important  to  Califor' 
nia's  welfare  and  progress,  as  well  as  of  so  much  national  importance— a 
steam  mail  across  the  Pacific." 

COKE,  HENRY  J.  A  ride  over  the  Rocky  mountains  to  Oregon 
and  California.  With  a  glance  at  some  of  the  tropical  islands, 
including  the  West  Indies  and  the  Sandwich  isles.  By  the  Hon. 
Henry  J.  Coke.  London:  Richard  Bentley,  New  Burlington 
street,  1852.  x,  388,  (2)  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Coke  was  a  British  globe-trotter,  and  his  excessive  English  spirit  is 
thoroughly  exhibited  in  every  chapter  of  his  book.  His  adventures 
were  many  and  frequently  desperate.  His  ability  to  describe  easily  the 
sights  and  sensations  of  his  journey  has  resulted  in  a  most  entertaining 
book. 

COLE,  PETER.  Cole's  -war  with  ignorance  and  deceit,  and  his 
lecture  on  education,  delivered  in  the  St.  Cyprian  church, 

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AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

Tues.  eve.,  Aug.  n,  1857.    San  Francisco:  Printed  by  J.  H. 
Udell  &  R.  P.  Locke,  1857.  51  pp.  8°. 

A  very  singular  work,  written  by  a  colored  member  of  San  Francis' 
can  society.  His  vocation  was  that  of  a  whitewashes  but  the  origi- 
nality of  some  of  his  views  is  almost  startling. 

COLEMAN,  WILLIAM  TELL.  Brief  account  of  the  Safety 
committee  of  1877,  being  an  extract  from  the  Chronicles  of 
the  Builders  of  the  Commonwealth,  vol.  I,  as  embraced  in  the 
biography  of  Wm.  T.  Coleman,  by  Hubert  Howe  Bancroft. 
[San  Francisco,  n.  d.]  29  pp.  [pp.  35ix379-]  8°. 

The  "Committee  of  safety"  of  1877  was  in  reality  the  third  vigi' 
lance  committee  of  San  Francisco.  It  was  reorganized  by  Mr.  Coleman 
for  the  protection  of  citizens  and  property  at  the  time  of  the  anti- 
Chinese  riots. 

COLLEGE  OF  CALIFORNIA.  The  incorporation,  organic  ba- 
sis, and  laws  of  the  College  of  California,  at  Oakland,  Gal., 
printed  for  the  board  of  trustees.  San  Francisco :  Towne  &P 
Bacon,  Excelsior  steam  printing  office,  1862.  16  pp.  8°. 

One  of  the  earliest  compilations  relating  to  the  organization  of  the 
college. 

COLLEGE  OF  CALIFORNIA.  Oration  and  poem  delivered  at 
the  commencement  of  the  College  of  California,  Oakland,  Cali' 
fornia,  Wednesday,  June  ist,  1864.  San  Francisco:  Printed  by 
Towne  and  Bacon,  book  and  job  printers,  1864.  16  pp.  8°. 

The  oration  was  by  Newton  Booth,  later  governor  of  California. 
The  poem,  "  Daphne,"  was  written  for  the  occasion  by  F.  Bret  Harte. 
This  was  the  second  time  that  a  work  of  this  distinguished  author 
appeared  in  book  form. 

COLLEGE  OF  CALIFORNIA.  Statement  in  regard  to  the  Col- 
lege of  California.  New  York:  John  T.  Trow,  printer,  53  Ann 
street,  1855.  15  pp.  8°. 

By  Samuel  H.  Willey,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  college,  of  which 
the  University  of  California  is  the  outgrowth. 

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A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

COLNETT,  JAMES.  A  voyage  to  the  south  Atlantic,  and  round 
Cape  Horn  into  the  Pacific  ocean,  for  the  purpose  of  extend" 
ing  the  spermaceti  whale  fisheries,  and  other  objects  of  com" 
merce,  by  ascertaining  the  ports,  bays,  harbours  and  anchoring 
births,  in  certain  islands  and  coasts  in  those  seas,  at  which  the 
ships  of  the  British  merchants  might  be  refitted.  London: 
Printed  for  the  author  by  W.  Bennett,  Marsham  street,  West- 
minster, 1798.  vi,  xvii,  179  pp.  3  pis.  6  fold,  charts.  Port.  4°. 

One  of  the  chief  results  of  this  voyage  was  the  Nootka  controversy. 
Colnett  arrived  at  this  place  July  2, 1789,  having  come  from  China  in 
his  vessel,  the  "Argonaut."  He  represented  to  the  Spanish  commander, 
Martinet, "  that  he  had  come  under  authority  from  the  king  of  England, 
with  orders  to  take  possession  of  Nootka,  construct  a  fort,  establish  a 
factory,  and  plant  a  colony,  for  which  he  had  brought  29  Chinese  la' 
borers."11"  The  Spaniards  resisted,  seized  Colnett  and  his  officers  and 
crew,  and  had  them  imprisoned.  They  were  taken  to  Mexico,  but  after 
a  time  were  released.  In  the  meantime  relations  between  England  and 
Spain  were  strained  most  seriously.  Through  the  negotiations  of  pow 
erful  diplomats  war  was  narrowly  averted ;  but  had  it  occurred  it  would 
have  involved  all  of  Europe,  as  also  the  United  States.  Both  the  English 
and  the  Spanish  nations  ultimately  deserted  Nootka,  and  left  it  to  the 
Indians,  who  are  still  the  only  inhabitants. 

COLTON,  WALTER.  Deck  and  port;  or,  incidents  of  a  cruise 
in  the  United  States  frigate  Congress  to  California.  With 
sketches  of  Rio  Janeiro,  Valparaiso,  Lima,  Honolulu,  and  San 
Francisco.  New  York:  Published  by  A.  S.  Barnes  6?  co.,  1850. 
408  pp.  Pis.  Map.  Port.  12°. 

Relates  but  little  to  California.  The  four  tinted  plates  are  of  Rio 
Janeiro,  Valparaiso,  Lima,  and  San  Francisco  in  1846. 

COLTON,  WALTER.  Three  years  in  California.  With  illus- 
trations. New  York:  Published  by  A.  S.  Barnes  6?  co.,  1850. 
456  pp.  6  pis.  6  ports.  Facs.  12°. 

The  first  edition  of  this  well'known  work,  the  author  of  which  was 
chaplain  in  the  United  States  navy,  and  later  alcalde  of  Monterey,  Cal. 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

The  work  is  supplementary  to  the  earlier  "  Deck  and  port."  The  fao- 
simile  is  a  large  folding  sheet  of  the  "  Declaration  of  rights,"  and  is  often 
missing.  This  volume  has  been  frequently  reprinted.  One  reissue  bears 
the  title  "The  land  of  gold." 

COMSTOCK,  JOHN  LEE.  A  history  of  the  precious  metals, 
from  their  earliest  periods  to  the  present  time,  with  directions 
for  testing  their  purity,  and  statements  of  their  comparative 
value,  estimated  cost,  and  amount  at  different  periods,  together 
with  an  account  of  the  products  of  various  mines ;  a  history 
of  the  Anglo'Mexican  companies,  and  speculations  concerning 
the  mineral  wealth  of  California.  Hartford :  Belknap  and  Ham" 
ersley,  1849.  viii,  9^222  pp.  12°. 

CONE,  MARY.  Two  years  in  California.  Chicago :  S.  C.  Griggs 
and  company,  1876.  xii,  (i)  238  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

CONSAG,  FERNANDO.  Carta  del  P.  Fernando  Consag  de.la 
Compafiia  de  Jesus,  visitador  de  las  misiones  de  Californias,  a 
los  Padre  Superiores  de  esta  provincia  de  Nueva  Espafia.  [At 
end]:  San  Ignacio,  y  octubre  i,  de  1748.  43  pp.  4°. 

No  title.  This  eminent  Californian  missionary  was  born  in  Croatia  in 
1705.  He  spent  many  years  in  apostolic  work  in  Lower  California,  dying 
about  1760. 

CONSTITUTION  AND  ADDRRESS  [sic]  OF  THE  COM- 
MITTEE  OF  VIGILANCE  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO.  San 

cisco :  Morning  Globe  print,  Montgomery  street,  Montgomery 
block,  1856.  8  pp.  8°. 

Some  copies  bear  the  large  embossed  official  seal  of  the  committee. 

COOK,  JAMES,  and  KING,  JAMES.  A  voyage  to  the  Pacific 
undertaken  by  the  command  of  his  Majesty  for  making  dis' 
coveries  in  the  northern  hemisphere.  To  determine  the  posi' 
tion  and  extent  of  the  west  side  of  North  America,  its  distance 
from  Asia;  and  the  practicability  of  a  northern  passage  to 
Europe.  Performed  under  the  direction  of  Capts.  Cook,  Clerk 

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and  Gore,  in  his  Majesty's  ships  the  Resolution  and  Discovery, 
in  the  years  1776,  1777,  1778,  1779,  and  1780.  In  three  vol- 
umes. Vols.  I  and  II,  written  by  Captain  James  Cook,  F.  R.  S. 
Vol.  Ill,  by  Captain  James  King,  LL.  D.,  and  F.  R.  S.  Published 
by  order  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty.  Lon- 
don :  Printed  by  W.  and  A.  Strahan,  for  G.  Nicol,  bookseller 
to  his  Majesty,  in  the  Strand;  and  T.  Cadell,  in  the  Strand, 
MDCCLXXXIV.  Vol.  I,  3  1.  xcvi,  421  pp.  II,  5  1.  549  pp.  Ill,  5  1. 
558  pp.  (IV),  Atlas.  Pis.  Maps.  F°. 

Maps  and  plates  are  in  each  volume  of  text,  but  for  convenience  cer- 
tain of  these,  numbered  in  the  lists,  were  issued  separately,  forming  the 
atlas  volume,  which  properly  completes  the  work.  This  expedition  in- 
cluded the  Pacific  coast  from  Nootka  to  the  extreme  north.  The  British 
claim  to  Nootka  was  based  upon  the  fact  that  Cook  was  its  discoverer, 
and  that  by  this  right  it  belonged  to  England. 

COOKE,  EDWARD.  Voyage  to  the  South  sea,  and  round  the 
world,  performed  in  the  years  1708,  1709,  1710,  and  1711,  by 
the  ships  Duke  and  Dutchess  of  Bristol.  Containing  a  journal 
of  all  memorable  transactions  during  the  said  voyage;  the  winds, 
currents,  and  variation  of  the  compass ;  the  taking  of  the  towns 
of  Puna  and  Guayaquil,  and  several  prizes,  one  of  -which  a 
rich  Acapulco  ship.  A  description  of  the  American  coasts, 
from  Tierra  del  Fuego  in  the  south,  to  California  in  the  north, 
(from  the  Coasting-Pilot,  a  Spanish  manuscript).  Wherein  an 
account  is  given  of  Mr.  Alexander  Selkirk,  his  manner  of  li ving 
and  taming  some  wild  beasts  during  the  four  years  and  four 
months  he  liv'd  upon  the  uninhabited  island  of  Juan  Fernandez,. 
Illustrated  with  cuts  and  maps.  London:  Printed  by  H.  M. 
for  B.  Lintot  and  R.  Gosling  in  Fleet-street,  etc.  MDCCXII.  2  vols. 
8°.  Vol.  I,  (20),  432,  (10)  pp.  16  pis.  3  fold.  maps.  II,  (24), 
328,  (8)  pp.  2  pis.  5  fold,  charts. 

Edward  Cooke  was  second  captain  on  board  the  "  Dutchess,"  and  in 
the  expedition  both  vessels  were  commanded  by  Woodes  Rogers.  Cap- 
tain Burney  says  that  Cooke's  journals  and  charts  are  inferior  to  those 

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published  by  Woodes  Rogers.  Dampier,  who  projected  the  expedition, 
went  as  pilot  to  the  "  Duke."  In  the  text  are  many  small  woodcuts, 
showing  elevations  and  coast  lines. 

COOKE,  PHILIP  ST.  GEORGE.  The  conquest  of  New  Mexico 
and  California.  A  historical  and  personal  narrative.  New  York: 
G.  P.  Putnam's  sons,  182  Fifth  avenue,  1878.  v,  307  pp.  Fold, 
map.  12°. 

Contains  a  condensed  narrative  of  the  march  and  operations  of  the 
Mormon  battalion  from  Santa  Fe,  where  Lieut'Col.  Gooke  assumed 
command,  to  San  Diego. 

COOLBRITH,  INA  D.  A  perfect  day,  and  other  poems.  Au' 
thor's  special  subscription  edition.  San  Francisco:  [John  H. 
Carmany  6?  co.,  printers],  1881.  viii,  9' 17  3  pp.  F°. 

The  original  duodecimo  is  here  reprinted  on  large  paper,  and  each  page 
is  within  a  red-ruled  border.  This  edition  was  limited  to  but  a  few  copies. 

CORNEY,  PETER.  Voyages  in  the  northern  Pacific.  Narrative 
of  several  trading  voyages  from  1813  to  1818,  between  the 
northwest  coast  of  America,  the  Hawaiian  islands  and  China, 
with  a  description  of  the  Russian  establishments  on  the  north' 
west  coast,  etc.  Honolulu,  H.  I.:  Thos.  G.  Thrum,  publisher, 
1896.  x  pp.  i  1.  138,  v  pp.  12°. 

This  curious  work  was  reprinted  from  the  "  London  Literary  Ga- 
sette"  of  1821.  It  gives  many  unusual  details  regarding  the  state  of  this 
coast  a  century  ago,  with  an  account  of  the  sack  and  destruction  of 
Monterey  at  that  time. 

CORNWALLIS,  KINAHAN.  The  new  El  Dorado;  or  British 
Columbia.  Second  edition.  With  a  map  and  an  illustration  by 
the  author.  London :  Thomas  Cautley  Newby,  publisher,  30 
Welbeck  street,  1858.  xxxviii,  405  pp.  PL  Map.  12°. 

The  Fraser  river  gold  excitement  was  developed  chiefly  by  miners  from 
California. 

CORTES,  HERNANDO,  [HERNAN  or  FERNANDO].  Cor- 
respondance  de  Fernand  Cortes  avec  TEmpereur  Charles-Quint, 

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sur  la  conquete  de  Mexique.  Traduit  par  M.  leVicomte  de 
Flavigny,  lieutenant-colonel  de  dragons,  6P  chevalier  de  T  ordre 
royal  6?  militaire  de  Saint-Louis.  En  Suisse :  Ches  les  Librairies 
associes,  1779.  xvi,  471  pp.  PL  8°. 

"  Voyage  de  Fernand  Cortes  dans  la  peninsule  de  la  Californie.  Avec 
un  note  de  toutes  les  expeditions  qui  y  ont  ete  faites  jusqu'en  1769  pour 
Intelligence  des  desseins  de  Fernand  Cortes  6?  de  sa  troisieme  lettre," 
pp.  366-379. 

[  COSTANSO,  MIGUEL.]  Diario  historico  de  los  viages  de  mar 
y  tierra  hechos  al  norte  de  la  California  de  orden  del  Excel- 
lentissimo  Senor  Marques  de  Croix,  virrey,  gobernador,  y  caps- 
tan general  de  la  Nueva  Espafia ;  y  por  direccion  del  Illustris- 
simo  Senor  D.  Joseph  de  Calves,  del  consejo,  y  camara  de  S.  M. 
en  el  supremo  de  Indias,  intendente  del  exercito,  visitador 
general  de  este  reyno.  Executados  por  la  tropa  destinada  a 
dicho  objeto  al  mando  de  Don  Caspar  de  Portola,  capitan  de 
dragones  en  el  regimiento  de  Espafia,  y  gobernador  en  dicha 
peninsula.  Y  por  los  paquebots  el  S.  Carlos,  y  el  S.  Antonio 
al  mando  de  Don  Vicente  Vila,  piloto  del  numero  de  primeros 
de  la  real  armada,  y  de  Don  Juan  Peres,  de  la  navegacion  de 
Philipinas.  De  orden  del  Excmo.  Sr.  Virrey.  En  la  imprenta 
del  superior  gobierno.  [At  end,  on  page  56]:  Mexico,  y  octubre 
24  de  1770.  D.  Miguel  Costanso.  Title.  1-56  pp.  F°. 

Of  the  utmost  importance ;  being  the  first  book  that  relates  exclu- 
sively to  California.  It  gives  the  complete  account  of  the  Portola  expe- 
dition, by  which  the  founding  of  the  first  settlement  in  Upper  California 
was  accomplished.  The  precise  date  of  the  publication  of  this  work  is 
not  known,  but  it  is  most  probably  1770.  It  is  believed  that  the  work 
was  suppressed  by  the  Spanish  government  immediately  upon  its  ap- 
pearance, as  it  contained  certain  information  that  might  be  of  use  to 
navigators  of  other  nationalities,  and  Spain  distrusted  England.  Subse- 
quently a  manuscript  copy  was  translated  into  English  by  William 
Reveley,  and  published  in  London  in  1790.  A  copy  of  each  of  these 
works  is  known  to  be  in  this  state,  but  they  are  superlatively  rare  — 
probably  the  rarest  of  all  Californiana.  A  translation  into  English  ap- 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

peared  in  "  The  Land  of  Sunshine,"  Los  Angeles,  June  and  July,  1901, 
and  a  copy  of  the  Spanish  text,  with  a  minute  translation  into  English, 
was  published  at  the  University  of  California,  March,  1910. 

[COSTANSO,  MIGUEL.]  An  historical  journal  of  the  expedi- 
tions by  sea  and  land,  to  the  north  of  CaHfornia;  in  1768, 1769, 
and  1770;  when  Spanish  establishments  were  first  made  at 
San  Diego  and  Monte-Rey.  From  a  Spanish  MS.  Translated 
by  William  Reveley,  Esq.  London :  Published  by  A.  Dalrymple, 
printed  by  George  Bigg.  Sold  by  P.  Elmsly,  opposite  South- 
ampton street,  Strand ;  J.  Sewell,  Cornhill ;  F.  Wingrave  ( suc- 
cessor to  Mr.  Nourse )  opposite  Catherine  street,  Strand,  and 
J.  Stockdale,  Picadilly,  1790.  76  pp.  4  maps.  4°. 

A  translation  of  Costanso's  diary,  made  from  a  manuscript  copy  ob- 
tained by  the  publisher,  Alexander  Dalrymple,  from  Dr.  William  Rob- 
ertson, the  historian.  The  maps  are  from  the  first  surveys  made  after 
the  settlement  in  1769,  and  include  San  Francisco,  Monterey,  and  San 
Diego.  This  work  is  of  extreme  rarity. 

COSTELLO,  J.  A.  The  Siwash,  their  life,  legends  and  tales.  Pu- 
get  sound  and  Pacific  northwest  fully  illustrated.  Seattle :  The 
Calvert  company,  1895.  vii,  (2),  169  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

Presents  a  large  amount  of  the  legendary  and  mythical  history  of 
these  northern  tribes. 

COULTER,  JOHN.  Adventures  on  the  western  coast  of  South 
America  and  the  interior  of  CaHfornia,  including  a  narrative 
of  incidents  at  the  Kingsmill  islands,  New  Ireland,  New  Britain 
and  New  Guinea,  etc.  In  two  volumes.  London :  Longman, 
Brown,  Green,  &  Longmans,  Paternoster  Row,  1847.  I2°-  Vol. 
I,  xxiv,  288  pp.  II,  xii,  278  pp. 

Coulter  has  not  been  accepted  in  simple  faith.  In  fact  his  narrative 
has  been  greatly  discredited  and  adjudged  as  unreliable.  His  descriptions 
of  California  are  found  in  vol.  II,  pp.  127-188. 

COULTER,  THOMAS.  Notes  on  Upper  CaHfornia,  183  5.  12  pp. 
[pp.  59-70.]  Fold.  map.  8°. 

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From  the  Journal  of  the  Royal  Geographical  society,  London,  1835. 
The  contribution  of  an  eminent  scientist  to  the  slight  knowledge  of 
California  then  existing.  He  must  not  be  confounded  with  John  Coulter, 
who  visited  California  a  decade  later,  and  left  as  a  legacy  some  very 
inaccurate  statements. 

COWAN,  ROBERT  ERNEST,  and  DUNLAP,  BOUTWELL. 
Bibliography  of  the  Chinese  question  in  the  United  States. 
San  Francisco:  A.  M.  Robertson,  1909.  68  pp.  Errata  slip  at 
end.  8°. 

Includes,  with  notes,  the  titles  of  475  works  relating  to  this  important 
phase  of  history  that  violently  agitated  California  and  other  sections 
of  the  Pacific  coast. 

COX,  ISAAC.  The  annals  of  Trinity  county,  containing  a  his- 
tory of  the  discovery,  settlement  and  progress,  together  -with 
a  description  of  the  resources  and  present  condition  of  Trinity 
county.  As  also  sketches  of  important  events  that  have  tran- 
spired therein  from  its  settlement  to  the  present  time.  Finally 
short  biographical  sketches  of  its  prominent  citizens.  Compiled 
and  arranged  from  the  most  authentic  sources.  By  Isaac  Cox  of 
Weaverville.  San  Francisco :  Commercial  book  and  job  steam 
printing  establishment,  127  and  129  Sansome  street,  1858.  206 
pp.  8°. 

The  author,  with  apparent  authority,  has  gathered  into  this  volume 
a  large  amount  of  useful  information,  much  of  which  otherwise  had 
been  lost.  It  is  one  of  the  earliest  county  histories  to  appear  in  book 
form.  Of  the  works  known  as  county  histories,  about  one  hundred 
have  been  published  by  various  firms,  and  in  the  majority  of  these  pub- 
lications history  has  been  subordinated  to  commercial  speculation.  Each 
contains  a  section  on  the  earlier  Spanish  and  Mexican  periods,  generally 
abounding  with  errors  and  largely  worthless.  The  chapters  relating  to 
the  period  of  American  possession,  having  been  compiled  under  different 
circumstances,  afford  more  reliable  data,  and  not  infrequently  constitute 
the  entire  source  of  information  upon  their  respective  localities.  These 
works  are  of  unwieldy  size  and  form,  and  have  slight  part  in  any  library 
other  than  a  public  institution. 

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COX,  PALMER.  Squibs  of  California,  or  everyday  life  illus- 
trated. Sold  by  subscription  only.  Hartford,  Conn. :  Mutual 
publishing  company,  1874.  xvi,  17-491  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

Humorous  sketches  and  verses,  with  corresponding  woodcut  illustra- 
tions. 

COX,  ROSS.  Adventures  on  the  Columbia  river,  including  the 
narrative  of  a  residence  of  six  years  on  the  western  side  of 
Rocky  mountains  among  the  various  tribes  of  Indians  hitherto 
unknown,  together  with  a  journey  across  the  American  con- 
tinent. London:  Henry  Colburn  and  Richard  Bentley,  1831. 
2  vols.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xxiv,  338  pp.  II,  viii,  400  pp. 

Editions  also  appeared  the  year  following  in  London  and  New  York, 
the  latter  being  in  one  volume. 

COXE,  WILLIAM.  Account  of  the  Russian  discoveries  between 
Asia  and  America.  To  which  are  added,  the  conquest  of  Si- 
beria, and  the  history  of  the  transactions  and  commerce  be- 
tween Russia  and  China.  London :  Printed  by  J.  Nichols,  for 
T.  Cadell,  in  the  Strand,  MDCCLXXX.  xxii,  344,  (13)  pp.  Fold, 
pi.  4  fold.  maps.  4°. 

Best  edition.  Includes  the  discoveries  and  explorations  made  in  north- 
western America. 

COYNER,  DAVID  H.  The  lost  trappers;  a  collection  of  inter- 
esting scenes  and  events  in  the  Rocky  mountains;  together 
with  a  short  description  of  California.  Also,  some  account  of 
the  fur  trade  especially  as  carried  on  about  the  sources  of  the 
Missouri,  Yellow  Stone,  and  on  the  waters  of  the  Columbia, 
in  the  Rocky  mountains.  Cincinnati :  J.  A.,  and  U.  P.  James, 
1847.  xv»  i7'255  pp.  12°. 

First  edition.  Several  other  editions  followed,  printed  from  the  original 
plates.  These  lost  trappers  were  a  portion  of  the  party  of  Lewis  and  Clark. 

CRANE,  JAMES  M.  The  past,  the  present  and  the  future  of 
the  Pacific.  San  Francisco,  Cal. :  Printed  by  Sterett  6?  co.,  no. 
in  Washington  street,  1856.  70  pp.  8°. 

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Demonstrates  the  indifferent  attitude  of  the  federal  government 
toward  California.  It  is  written  in  a  style  that  is  readable,  and  even 
fascinating.  The  author  was  a  pioneer  journalist. 

CREMONY,  JOHN  C.  Life  among  the  Apaches.  San  Francisco: 
A.  Roman  6?  company,  publishers.  New  York:  27  Howard 
street,  1868.  322,  pp.  12°. 

This  gifted  man  was  for  twenty  years  an  army  officer,  and  much  of 
his  time  was  spent  in  service  near  the  Mexican  boundary.  His  work 
to  the  present  day  remains  one  of  the  best  upon  the  Apache  and  his 
aboriginal  neighbors.  Cremony  was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the 
Bohemian  club,  and  is  still  a  cherished  memory  in  its  traditions.  A 
second  edition  -was  issued  without  change,  but  with  the  addition  of  a 
few  illustrations. 

CREUZBAR,  ROBERT.  Route  from  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  and 
the  lower  Mississippi  valley  to  California  and  the  Pacific  ocean, 
illustrated  by  a  general  map  and  sectional  maps;  with  direc- 
tions  to  travellers.  New  York:  1849.  4°  PP-  Maps.  16°. 

In  the  preparation  of  this  work  many  extracts  from  the  reports  of 
official  explorations  have  been  used.  It  was  considered  an  excellent 
authority  in  its  time. 

CRONISE,  TITUS  FEY.  The  natural  wealth  of  California,  com- 
prising early  history ;  geography,  topography,  and  scenery ;  cli- 
mate ;  agriculture  and  commercial  products ;  geology,  ^oology, 
and  botany;  mineralogy,  mines,  and  mining  processes;  manu- 
factures; steamship  lines,  railroads,  and  commerce;  immigration, 
population,  and  society;  educational  institutions  and  literature ; 
together  with  a  detailed  description  of  each  county ;  its  to- 
pography, scenery,  cities  and  towns,  agricultural  advantages, 
mineral  resources,  and  varied  productions.  San  Francisco :  H. 
H.  Bancroft  6?  company.  New  York:  113  William  street,  1868. 
xvi,  696  pp.  1 6  pis.  8°. 

The  best  and  most  reliable  work  of  the  time.  Many  copies  were  is- 
sued with  the  plates  omitted. 

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CUMMINS,  ELLA  STERLING.  The  story  of  the  files.  A  re- 
view of  Californian  writers  and  literature.  Issued  under  the 
auspices  of  the  World's  Fair  commission  of  California,  Colum.' 
bian  exposition,  1893.  [San Francisco:  1893.]  Ports.  460  pp.  8°. 

"  The  author  has  only  to  say  that  it  has  been  prepared  mainly  for  the 
purpose  of  preserving  the  names,  pictures,  and  histories  of  the  writers 
of  long  ago,  those  who  are  now  dead  and  forgotten.""  Despite  certain  in* 
accuracies,  the  material  in  this  work  is  an  exceedingly  valuable  collection, 
which,  with  the  numerous  portraits,  could  never  again  be  regathered. 

CUTLER,  R.  P.  A  Thanksgiving  sermon :  delivered  in  the  First 
Unitarian  church,  Stockton  street,  on  Sunday  morning,  No" 
vember  23d,  1856,  by  the  pastor  of  the  church.  Published  by 
request.  San  Francisco :  Commercial  book  and  job  steam  print' 
ing  establishment,  1856.  24  pp.  8°. 

Commends  highly  the  acts  of  the  Vigilance  committee. 

CUTTS,  JAMES  MADISON.  The  conquest  of  California  and 
New  Mexico  by  the  forces  of  the  United  States,  in  the  years 
1846  and  1847.  With  engravings,  plans  of  battles,  &?c.  Phila' 
delphia:  Carey  6?  Hart,  1847.  264  pp.  Maps.  Ports.  12°. 
Includes  accounts  of  the  military  occurrences  in  California. 

DAMON,  SAMUEL  C.  A  trip  from  the  Sandwich  islands  to 
Lower  Oregon,  and  Upper  California ;  or,  thirty  leaves  selected 
from  "  Our  Log-book."  By  Samuel  C.  Damon,  seaman's  chap- 
lain.  Honolulu,  Oahu,  H.  I. :  Printed  at  the  Polynesian  office, 
1849.  [56  Pp.]  4°- 

Published  in  the  "Friend,"  from  Sept.  i  to  Dec.  20, 1849,  v°l-  VII, 
nos.  6' 1 2,  and  issued  with  special  title-page  as  above.  This  relation  is 
but  little  known.  The  author,  a  clergyman,  Father  Damon,  as  he  was 
known,  was  a  famous  character  in  Honolulu.  In  this  journal  he  has  re- 
corded much  of  interest  upon  the  Columbia  river,  Fort  Vancouver,  the 
Indians,  Benicia,  and  San  Francisco.  He  expresses  some  disappointment 
in  the  latter  place,  as  it  did  not  appear  to  be  the  beau-ideal  city  he  had 
expected.  Among  other  interesting  descriptions  is  "  A  visit  to  see  the 

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lions,"  at  Seal  rocks,  which  even  in  1849  would  seem  to  have  been  one 
of  the  show-places  of  the  city. 

DAMPIER,  WILLIAM.  A  new  voyage  round  the  world.  De- 
scribing particularly  the  Isthmus  of  America,  several  coasts  and 
islands  in  the  West  Indies,  the  isles  of  CapeVerd,  the  passage 
by  Terra  del  Fuego,  the  South  sea  coasts  of  Chili,  Peru  and 
Mexico,  .  .  .  their  soil,  rivers,  harbours,  plants,  fruits,  animals 
and  inhabitants.  Their  customs,  religion,  government,  trade  &c. 
The  second  edition  corrected.  London:  James  Knapton,  at 
the  Crown  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard.  MDCXCVII.  4  1.  550  pp. 
2  1.  Maps.  12°. 

Has  a  few  slight  references  to  California,  which  on  one  of  the  maps 
is  depicted  as  an  island.  The  editions  of  this  work  were  numerous,  and 
it  was  translated  into  several  other  languages.  The  best  edition  is  that 
of  London,  1729, 4  vols.,  8°. 

[DANA,  RICHARD  HENRY.]  Two  years  before  the  mast. 
A  personal  narrative  of  life  at  sea.  New  York:  Harper  6? 
brothers,  82  Cliff-street,  1840.  483  pp.  16°. 

First  edition.  Probably  the  most  widely  read  book  relating  to  Cali- 
fornia. The  author  spent  much  of  the  years  1835  and  1836  in  various 
parts  of  that  territory,  and  his  pictures  of  its  life  and  times  are  the  most 
brilliant  that  we  possess.  The  first  edition  did  not  bear  the  author's 
name.  It  at  once  assumed  extensive  popularity,  and  has  passed  through 
many  editions,  some  being  translations  into  foreign  languages.  An  edi- 
tion that  appeared  in  1869  contains  the  narrative  of  a  second  visit  to 
California,  made  in  1859. 

DAVIDSON,  GEORGE.  The  Alaska  boundary.  San  Francisco : 
Published  by  Alaska  Packers  association,  1903.  235  pp.  Fold, 
maps.  Port.  8°. 

A  comprehensive  study,  from  the  earliest  appearance  of  the  question 
to  the  decision  of  the  Alaska  boundary  tribunal,  October  20, 1903.  Con- 
tains references  to  many  authorities,  with  careful  bibliographical  notes. 

DAVIDSON,  GEORGE.  Identification  of  Sir  Francis  Drake  s 
anchorage  on  the  coast  of  California  in  the  year  1579.  Califor- 

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nia  State  Historical  society  publication.  San  Francisco :  Bacon 
6?  company,  printers,  1890.  58  pp.  15  fold.  maps.  8°. 

The  series  of  maps  and  charts  shows  the  geographical  knowledge  of 
California  from  1579  to  1770.  This  work  disestablishes  finally  and  con' 
clusively  the  belief  that  Sir  Francis  discovered  the  bay  of  San  Francisco. 

DAVIDSON,  GEORGE.  Pacific  coast.  Coast  pilot  of  California, 
Oregon,  and  Washington  territory.  United  States  coast  survey. 
Benjamin  Peirce,  superintendent,  1869.  Washington:  Govern" 
ment  printing  office,  1869.  262  pp.  Pis.  8°. 

Later  and  enlarged  editions  have  appeared.  This  work  has  many 
references  to  the  old  navigators  and  explorers,  and  is  still  a  leading  au- 
thority. 

DAVIDSON,  GEORGE.  The  tracks  and  landfalls  of  Bering  and 
Cbirikof  on  the  northwest  coast  of  America,  June-October, 
1741.  [San  Francisco]:  Private  publication,  put  in  print,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1901.  44  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

The  best  account  of  the  earliest  explorations  of  the  Russians  on  this 
coast. 

DAVIS,  ANDREW  McFARLAND.  The  journey  of  Mon- 
cacht-Ape,  an  Indian  of  the  Yasoo  tribe,  across  the  continent 
about  the  year  1700.  Worcester:  1883.  30  pp.  8°. 

Privately  printed.  Moncacht-Ape  is  traditionally  supposed  to  have 
arrived  at  the  Columbia  river. 

DAVIS,  HORACE.  Record  of  Japanese  vessels  driven  upon  the 
north-west  coast  of  America,  and  its  outlying  islands.  Worces- 
ter, Mass. :  Printed  by  Charles  Hamilton,  Palladium  office,  1872. 
22  pp.  8°. 

Read  before  the  American  Antiquarian  society,  April,  1872. 

DAVIS,  JOHN  F.  Historical  sketch  of  the  mining  law  of  Cali- 
fornia. Los  Angeles,  Cal. :  Commercial  printing  house,  1902. 
83  pp.  Port.  8°. 

A  useful  contribution  to  this  subject  of  legal  history. 

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DAVIS,  SAMUEL.  Short  stories.  California  sketches,  bright, 
humorous.  By  Sam  Davis.  San  Francisco:  Golden  Era  com- 
pany, 1886.  (2),  189  pp.  12°. 
Local  in  scene,  character,  and  color. 

DAVIS,  WILLIAM  HEATH.  Sixty  years  in  California.  A  his- 
tory  of  events  and  life  in  California;  personal,  political  and 
military,  under  the  Mexican  regime ;  during  the  quasi-military 
government  of  the  territory  by  the  United  States,  and  after  the 
admission  of  the  state  into  the  union.  San  Francisco :  A.  J. 
Leary,  publisher,  1889.  xxii,  639  pp.  8°. 

The  author  came  to  California  in  1831,  engaging  later  in  the  occupa- 
tion  of  a  merchant-trader.  He  sailed  many  times  to  the  Hawaiian  is- 
lands and  along  the  Californian  coast  from  San  Diego  to  Vancouver. 
There  were  few  individuals  of  importance  in  California  that  he  did  not 
know  personally,  and  his  narrative  of  men  and  events  of  the  period 
1840-50  is  the  most  intimate  and  complete  that  we  possess.  He  lived 
to  an  advanced  age,  dying  in  1909. 

DAVIS,  WINFIELD  J.  History  of  political  conventions  in  Cali- 
fornia, 1849-1892.  Publications  of  the  California  state  library, 
no.  i.  Sacramento:  1893.  (4)  711  pp.  8°. 

An  authoritative  work.  Mr.  Davis  was  historian  of  the  Sacramento 
society  of  California  pioneers,  and  state  historian  of  California. 

DAVIS,  WINFIELD  J.  History  of  the  public  school  department 
of  the  city  of  Sacramento,  1849-1893.  Sacramento:  D.  John- 
ston &?  co.,  printers,  1895.  174  pp.  Port.  Pis.  8°. 

DE  GROOT,  HENRY.  Sketches  of  the  Washoe  silver  mines, 
with  a  description  of  the  soil,  climate  and  mineral  resources 
of  the  country  east  of  the  Sierra.  San  Francisco :  Published  by 
Hutchings  6?  Rosenfield,  no.  146  Montgomery  street,  1860. 
24  pp.  8°. 

[DELANO,  ALONZO.]  The  idle  and  industrious  miner.  A  tale 
of  California  life.  Sacramento :  James  Anthony  &  co.,  publish- 
ers and  printers,  Union  office,  1856.  24  pp.  8°. 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

Illustrated  cover  and  eighteen  full-page  engravings  by  Nahl.  All  of 
these  works  of  Delano  published  in  Sacramento  are  extremely  scarce, 
as  well  as  highly  interesting. 

DELANO,  ALONZO.  Life  on  the  plains  and  among  the  dig- 
gings ;  being  scenes  and  adventures  of  an  overland  journey  to 
California :  with  particular  incidents  of  the  route,  etc.  Auburn 
and  Buffalo:  Miller,  Orton 6? Mulligan,  1854.  3 84 pp.  Pis.  12°. 

The  author  arrived  in  California  in  1849.  He  was  a  well-known 
writer,  using  the  nom  de  plume  of  "  Old  Block." 

[DELANO,  ALONZO.]  Old  Block's  sketch-book;  or  tales  of 
California  life.  Illustrated  with  numerous  elegant  designs,  by 
Nahl,  the  Cruikshank  of  California.  Sacramento :  James  An- 
thony 6?  co.,  publishers  and  printers,  Union  office,  1856.  iii, 
78,  (i)pp.  Ills.  8°. 

The  cover-title  and  the  fifteen  full-page  woodcut  illustrations  are  in 
the  best  and  most  vigorous  of  that  style  so  thoroughly  characteristic 
of  this  famous  pioneer  artist.  They  form  a  most  happy  accompaniment 
for  the  word  sketches  of  Delano,  who  was  the  first  Californian  humor- 
ist to  record  the  burlesque  side  of  the  many  strange  scenes  he  saw  pre- 
sented during  the  flush  times. 

[DELANO,  ALONZO.]  Pen  knife  sketches;  or  chips  of  the 
Old  Block.  A  series  of  original  illustrated  letters,  written  by 
one  of  California's  pioneer  miners,  and  dedicated  to  that  class 
of  her  citizens  by  the  author.  Sacramento :  Published  at  the 
Union  office,  no.  21  J  street,  between  Front  and  Second,  1853. 
122  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

Cover-title  contains  a  portrait  of  the  author,  and  the  work  is  illus- 
trated by  Nahl. 

DELAPORTE,  M.  ABBE.  Le  voyageur  francois,  ou  la  connois- 
sance  de  Tancien  et  du  nouveau  monde,  mis  au  jour  par  M. 
Tabbe  Delaporte.  Tome  X.  A  Paris:  Chez  L.  Cellot,  impri- 
meur-libraire,  rue  Dauphine.  Avec  approbation,  6?  privilege  du 
roi,  MDCC,  LXXIV.  468  pp.  12°. 


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"La  Californie,"  pp.  417-456.  This  work,  but  little  known,  is  written 
in  the  form  of  a  letter  dated  from  Panama,  May  31, 1750.  It  contains 
briefly  a  description  of  the  country ;  the  condition  and  customs  of  its 
people ;  with  accounts  of  the  Jesuits  and  their  missions.  The  remaining 
contents  of  the  volume  are  letters  upon  Louisiana  and  Mexico. 

[DELEVAN,  JAMES.]  Notes  on  California  and  the  placers: 
how  to  get  there  and  what  to  do  afterwards.  By  one  who 
has  been  there.  New  York :  H.  Long  6?  brother,  43  Ann  street, 
1850.  128  pp.  2  pis.  8°. 

Differs  considerably  from  the  usual  work  of  this  sort.  The  reiterated 
reports  and  statements  so  common  to  the  majority  have  been  dispensed 
with,  presenting  instead  a  clear  view  of  the  scenes  by  the  way  and  the 
mode  of  daily  life  in  California,  with  the  curious  and  often  remarkable 
experiences  and  individuals  encountered.  One  of  the  plates  is  a  "  View 
of  Culloma"  ( Coloma),  as  it  was  in  1849. 

DELVALLE  TRIAL.  Report  of  the  trial  of  Louis  Delvalle,  con' 
sul  for  the  republic  of  Mexico,  at  the  port  of  San  Francisco, 
for  a  breach  of  neutrality  laws  of  the  United  States,  in  the 
district  court  of  the  United  States  for  the  northern  district 
of  California.  San  Francisco :  Whitton,  Towne  6?  co.,  printers, 
1854.  54  pp.  8°. 

General  Santa  Anna  of  Mexico  intrusted  Delvalle  to  send  three  thou- 
sand Frenchmen  to  Sonora  to  establish  a  military  colony  which  would 
offset  the  proceedings  of  filibuster  Walker.  The  federal  attorney  at  San 
Francisco  had  him  arrested,  and  at  the  trial  he  was  found  guilty,  but 
never  sentenced,  the  complexion  of  the  matter  in  the  meantime  having 
undergone  some  changes. 

[DENSMORE,  G.  B.]  Description  of  Chinese  life  in  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Their  habits,  morals,  and  manners.  San  Francisco :  Pettit 
6?  Russ,  printers  and  publishers,  1880.  122  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

Illustrated  by  William  Voegtlin,  for  many  years  scenic  artist  at  the 
California  theatre,  San  Francisco. 

DE  QUINCEY,  THOMAS.  Letters  to  a  young  man  and  other 
papers.  Boston :Ticknor,Reed,andFields,MDCCcnv.  300  pp.  12°. 
"  California,"  pp.  199-244. 

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DERBY,  GEORGE  HORATIO,  (PSEUD.  JOHN  PHOENIX). 

Phoenixiana ;  or  sketches  and  burlesques.  "  In  the  name  of  the 
Prophet— Figs."  New  York:  D.  Appleton  and  company,  346  6? 
348  Broadway,  1856.  274  pp.  PL  Ills.  12°. 

These  wayward  fancies,  local  in  character,  were  greatly  appreciated 
by  the  older  Californians,  and  the  book  passed  through  many  editions. 
The  author  was  an  officer  in  the  United  States  army,  and,  whether  in 
military  or  civil  life,  he  was  at  all  times  a  practical  humorist,  as  many 
anecdotes  attest.  One  of  the  best'known  of  his  ludicrous  descriptions 
is  "  The  mule'back  battery."  Doubtless  there  was  a  vein  of  the  analytic 
in  his  humor,  for  it  was  he  who  made  the  discovery  that  "  Yreka  bak- 
ery" may  be  spelled  with  equal  result  from  either  end.  His  work  in  al- 
tering  the  political  complexion  of  the  San  Diego  "  Herald,"  while  left  in 
charge  during  the  absence  of  its  editor,  Ames,  was  perhaps  one  of  his 
most  fantastic  freaks. 

DERBY,  GEORGE  HORATIO,  (PSEUD.  JOHN  PHOENIX). 
The  Squibob  papers  by  John  Phoenix  (Capt.  George  H.  Derby), 
author  of  "  Phoenixiana."  With  comic  illustrations  by  the  au- 
thor.  New  York:  Carleton,  publisher,  41 5  Broadway,  MDCCCLXV. 
247  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

DE  RUPERT,  A.  E.  D.  Californians  and  Mormons.  New  York: 
John  Wurtele  Lovell,  publisher,  1881.  166  pp.  12°. 

A  rather  entertaining  book,  made  up  from  the  diary  of  a  foreigner 
who  was  "not  an  opulent  tourist  in  search  of  new  pleasures  and  adven- 
tures,  but  a  Bohemian  seeking  a  closer  acquaintance  with  the  institu- 
tions  and  characteristics  of  a  nation  that  is  playing  so  prominent  a  part 
in  the  progress  of  civilisation."  Some  of  these  reflections  of  three  dec- 
ades ago  form  curious  reading  at  this  later  date. 

DESCRIPTION  OF  OREGON  AND  CALIFORNIA,  embrac- 
ing an  account  of  the  gold  regions ;  to  which  are  added,  an 
appendix,  containing  descriptions  of  various  kinds  of  gold,  and 
methods  of  testing  its  genuineness.  With  a  large  and  accurate 
map  of  Oregon  and  California.  Compiled  from  the  latest  au- 
thorities. Philadelphia:  Thomas,  Cowperthwaite  6?  co.,  1849. 
76  pp.  Fold.  map.  24°. 


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The  map  shows  the  many  trails  followed  by  expeditions,  and  the  lo- 
cation  of  the  Indian  tribes.  California  as  shown  includes  in  its  extent 
Nevada,  Utah,  Arizona,  and  part  of  New  Mexico. 

DEWEY,  SQUIRE  P.  The  bonanza  mines  and  bonanza  kings  of 
California.  Their  five  years  reign:  1875-79.  N.  p.,  n.  d.  [San 
Francisco:  ca.  1880.]  87  pp.  8°. 

Some  remarkable  revelations  are  made  by  the  author,  who  has  thor- 
oughly  exploited  the  extraordinary  history  of  this  great  mining  deal, 
that  yielded  colossal  fortunes  to  a  few  daring  and  successful  manipula- 
tors, and  permanent  poverty  to  several  thousands  of  ill-advised  and  un- 
fortunate dupes. 

DICKINSON,  LUELLA.  Reminiscences  of  a  trip  across  the 
plains  in  1846,  and  early  days  in  California.  San  Francisco :  The 
Whitaker  &  Ray  co.  (incorporated),  publishers,  1904.  117  pp. 
Port.  12°. 

DIEGO,  FRANCISCO  GARCIA.  Carta  pastoral  que  el  Illmo. 
y  Rmo.  Sr.  D.  Fr.  Francisco  Garcia  Diego  primer  obispo  de 
Californias,  dirige  a  los  RR.  PP.  misioneros  y  a  sus  diocesanos, 
antes  de  su  ingreso  al  obispado.  Megico :  Imprenta  de  Galvan 
a  cargo  de  Mariano  Arevalo,  1840.  12  pp.  4°. 

Intended  to  be  read  from  the  pulpits.  The  letter  deplores  the  griev- 
ous state  of  the  missions,  and  expresses  profoundly  the  hopes  and  aspi- 
rations of  the  writer  in  his  newly  created  office. 

DIETZ,  AMBROSE  P.  A  list  of  books,  tracts,  pamphlets,  and 
other  publications  together  with  maps,  charts  and  plans  now 
in  the  state  library,  relating  to  California  and  incidentally  to 
the  adjoining  states  and  territories.  From  the  earliest  period 
of  discovery  to  the  present  time.  Embracing  upwards  of  three 
hundred  and  twenty-five  years.  [In]  Bibliotheca  Californiae, 
a  descriptive  catalogue  of  books  in  the  state  library  of  California. 
Vol.  II.  General  library.  By  Ambrose  P.  Diets,  pp.  687-789. 
Sacramento:  D.  W.  Gelwicks,  state  printer,  1871. 

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The  first  bibliography  of  California  to  appear  in  book  form.  The 
earlier  "  Bibliografa  Californica"  of  Alexander  S.  Taylor  was  never  re- 
printed from  the  files  of  the  "  Sacramento  Union,"  in  which  it  was 
published. 

DIRECTORY.  The  San  Francisco  city  directory,  by  Charles  P. 
Kimball.  September  i,  1850.  San  Francisco :  Journal  of  Com' 
merce  press,  Montgomery  street,  1850.  136  pp.  16°. 

Issued  originally  in  a  printed  paper  cover,  the  wording  of  which  ex' 
actly  corresponds  with  the  title,  although  the  type  differs.  Charles  P. 
Kimball,  afterwards  known  as  the  "Noisy  Carrier,"  was  acting  as  a 
crier  for  an  auctioneer  in  June,  1850.  On  the  loth  of  that  month  Wash' 
ington  Bartlett,  owner  of  the  "Journal  of  Commerce,"  suggested  to  Mr. 
Kimball  the  advisability  of  preparing  a  directory.  Kimball  was  to  re' 
ceive  one-fourth  of  the  proceeds  for  the  work  of  compilation,  and  Bart- 
lett the  remainder,  for  assuming  the  responsibility  of  the  printing  ex' 
penses.  A  contract  was  signed,  and  Kimball  began  his  work  June  26. 
Being  steadily  engaged  in  his  auction  duties,  the  work  of  compilation 
proceeded  but  slowly,  and  it  was  not  until  late  in  the  year  that  the  vol- 
ume actually  appeared.  It  is  not,  as  has  long  been  claimed,  the  first  direc- 
tory of  San  Francisco,  as  that  of  Bogardus  antedates  its  appearance  by 
several  months.  There  have  been  two  reprints  or  copies  issued.  The 
first  appeared  about  1870,  or  possibly  earlier.  It  is  known  definitely, 
however,  that  it  was  not  later  than  1871.  The  second  of  these  reissues 
was  printed  apparently  about  1890.  These  two  reprints  exhibit  certain 
minute  differences,  but  both  differ  considerably  from  the  original.  The 
earlier  reprint  of  1870  was  a  type-set  copy  which  followed  as  closely  as 
possible  the  original,  but,  being  type-set,  and  not  photographed,  certain 
typographical  blunders  occurred  which  do  not  exist  in  the  original.  The 
character  of  the  type  and  the  paper  is  also  slightly  different,  and  the 
original  contains  but  1 36  pp.  In  making  the  reprint  of  1890,  the  reprinted 
copy  of  1870  was  used,  and  again  type-set.  They  differ  more  especially 
in  the  spacing,  and  in  the  later  of  the  two  reprints  many  imperfections 
are  observed  that  have  been  caused  by  the  types  being  broken  or  de- 
faced. The  edition  of  1870  exhibits  but  very  few  of  these  flaws.  The 
genuine  edition  of  1850  was  issued  in  colored  paper  covers,  the  front 
one,  as  already  stated,  being  a  printed  duplication  of  the  title,  although 
in  type  of  an  entirely  different  character.  At  the  present  time  but  one 
copy  of  the  original  is  known  to  exist. 

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DIRECTORIES.  Many  directories  have  been  published  in  San 
Francisco,  but  mention  is  made  only  of  the  earliest.  In  1850, 
two  were  issued— Bogardus,  and  Kimball ;  1852,  three— Parker, 
Morgan,  and  Bonnard;  1854,  one— Le  Count  5?  Strong;  1856, 
three— Harris,  Bogardus  6P  Labatt,  Baggett,  Joseph  &  co.,  and 
Colville;  1858,  one— Langley,  which  continued  without  an 
omission  for  many  years.  No  directories  exist  for  the  years 
1851,  1853,  1855,  and  1857. 

DIXON,  GEORGE.  A  voyage  round  the  world ;  but  more  par' 
ticularly  to  the  nortlvwest  coast  of  America;  performed  in 
1785,  1786,  1787,  and  1788,  in  the  King  George  and  Queen 
Charlotte,  Captains  Portlock  and  Dixon.  Dedicated  by  per' 
mission  to  Sir  Joseph  Banks,  Bart.  By  Captain  George  Dixon. 
London:  Published  by  Geo.  Goulding,  Haydn's  Head,  no.  6, 
James  street,  Covent  Garden,  1789.  xxix,  (2),  360,  47  pp.  Pis. 
Maps.  4°. 

The  accounts  of  this  expedition  relate  almost  entirely  to  the  geog' 
raphy,  ethnology,  and  natural  history  of  the  west  coast  from  Nootka 
northward. 

DOMENECH,  EMANUEL  HENRI  DIEUDONNE.  Seven 
years'  residence  in  the  great  deserts  of  North  America  by  the 
Abbe  Em.  Domenech,  apostolical  missionary,  6fc.  Illustrated  by 
fiftyeight  woodcuts  by  A.  Joliet,  three  plates  of  ancient  Indian 
music,  and  a  map  showing  the  actual  situation  of  the  Indian 
tribes  and  the  country  described  by  the  author.  In  two  vol' 
umes.  London:  Longman,  Green,  Longman,  and  Roberts,  1860. 
Pis.  Map.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xxiv,  445  pp.  II,  xii,  465,  ( i )  pp. 

Relates  to  Texas,  New  Mexico,  California,  Oregon,  Utah,  etc.,  and 
contains  also  much  upon  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  Indians.  The 
abbe  was  private  chaplain  of  the  ill'fated  Maximilian,  emperor  of  Mexico. 

DOONER,PIERTONW.  Last  days  of  the  republic.  Illustrated 
by  G.  F.  Keller.  San  Francisco:  Alta  California  publishing 
house,  1880.  258  pp.  Pis.  8°. 

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The  work  of  a  most  vivid  imagination,  portraying  the  taking  of  Gal' 
fornia  by  the  Chinese,  who  proceed  to  convert  the  land  into  an  orien- 
tal  dominion  with  oriental  laws. 

DORNIN,  GEORGE  D.  Thirty  years  ago.  1849-1879.  [n.  p. 
1879.]  62  pp.  2  ports.  8°. 

Privately  printed.  Dated  from  Berkeley,  Gal.,  Nov.,  1879.  These  rem- 
iniscences, written  for  the  members  of  the  family,  give  a  graphic  picture 
of  life  in  the  days  of  the  gold'seekers. 

DO WNIE,  WILLIAM.  Hunting  for  gold.  Reminiscences  of  per- 
sonal experience  and  research  in  the  early  days  of  the  Pacific 
coast  from  Alaska  to  Panama.  San  Francisco:  Press  of  the 
California  publishing  co.,  1893.  407  pp.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

William  Downie,  a  Scotchman,  came  to  California  in  1849,  where  in 
the  early  days  he  founded  the  town  of  Downieville.  In  1858,  like  many 
of  the  old  miners,  he  went  to  Fraser  river,  and,  returning  to  Victoria, 
remained  for  many  years  in  British  Columbia.  His  book  contains  much 
material,  which  he  has  recited  in  a  plain  and  acceptable  manner. 

DOYLE,  JOHN  T.  Memorandum  as  to  the  discovery  of  the  bay 
of  San  Francisco.  With  introductory  remarks  by  John  T.Doyle, 
member  of  the  American  Antiquarian  society.  Read  before 
the  American  Antiquarian  society,  at  their  annual  meeting, 
October  21, 1873.  Worcester,  Mass. :  Printed  by  Charles  Ham- 
ilton, 1874.  14  pp.  8°. 

An  early  contribution  to  this  feature  of  history.  A  second  edition 
was  published  in  1889,  with  a  supplementary  notice  of  Costanzo's  map 
of  1770. 

DOYLE,  JOHN  T.  Some  account  of  the  Pious  fund  of  California 
and  the  litigation  to  recover  it.  San  Francisco :  Edward  Bosqui 
6?  co.,  printers,  1880.  8°. 

A  collection  of  eleven  pamphlets,  printed  from  1871  to  1880,  brought 
together  and  issued  with  a  special  title  and  an  introduction  by  Mr. 
Doyle,  forming  a  volume  of  about  275  pages,  and  used  for  private  dis- 
tribution. It  includes  briefs,  arguments,  memorials,  and  other  papers  re- 
lating to  the  history  of  this  celebrated  case.  Copies  of  this  work  are 

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rare,  as  it  is  stated  that  less  than  twenty  such  sets  were  collected  and 
issued  in  such  form. 

DRAKE,  C.  M.  California  names  and  their  literal  meanings,  also 
other  primary  geography  names  and  their  meaning.  A  book 
for  teachers  and  other  curious  people.  Collected  and  arranged 
by  C.  M.  Drake,  Long  Beach,  Los  Angeles  county,  California. 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. :  Jones  book  and  printing  co.,  1893.  80  pp.  12°. 
Notwithstanding  the  obvious  ambiguity  of  the  title-page,  this  work 
contains  much  that  is  useful. 

DRAKE,  EUGENE  B.  Jimeno's  and  HartnelTs  indexes  of  land 
concessions  from  1830  to  1846;  also,  Toma  de  raz,on,  or  Reg' 
ister  of  titles,  for  1844^45 ;  approvals  of  land  grants,  by  the 
Territorial  Deputation  and  Departmental  Assembly  of  Cali' 
fornia,  1835  to  1846;  and  a  list  of  unclaimed  grants.  Compiled 
from  the  Spanish  archives  in  the  United  States  surveyor-gen' 
eraFs  office  by  Eugene  B.  Drake,  attorney 'at'law.  San  Francisco : 
Kenny  6?  Alexander,  booksellers,  stationers  and  importers,  no. 
608  Montgomery  street,  1861.  68  (i),  pp.  8°. 

DRAKE,  FRANCIS.  Sir  Francis  Drake  revived.  Who  is  or  may 
be  a  pattern  to  stirre  up  all  heroicke  and  active  spirits  of  these 
times,  to  benefit  their  countrey  and  eternise  their  names  by 
like  noble  attempts.  Being  a  summary  and  true  relation  of 
foure  severall  voyages  made  by  the  said  Sir  Francis  Drake  to 
the  West  Indies,  viz.,  His  dangerous  adventures  for  gold  and 
silver  with  the  gaining  thereof,  and  the  surprizing  of  Nombre 
de  Dios  by  himselfe  and  two  and  fifty  men.  His  encompassing 
the  world.  His  voyage  made  with  Christopher  Carleill,  Mar' 
tin  Frobusher,  Francis  Knollis  and  others.  Their  taking  of  the 
townes  of  Saint  Jago,  Sancto  Domingo,  and  Saint  Augustin. 
His  last  voyage  (in  which  he  dyed)  being  accompanied  with 
Sir  John  Hawkins,  Sir  Thomas  Baskerfield,  Sir  Nicholas  Clif- 
ford, with  others.  His  manner  of  buriall.  Collected  out  of  the 
notes  of  the  said  Sir  Francis  Drake ;  Master  Philip  Nichols, 

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Master  Francis  Fletcher,  preachers;  and  the  notes  of  divers 
other  gentlemen  (who  went  in  the  said  voyages)  carefully 
compared  together.  Printed  at  London  for  Nicholas  Bourne, 
dwelling  at  the  south  entrance  of  the  royall  Exchange,  1653.  4°. 
Sir  Francis  Drake  revived,  2  1.  1-87  pp.  Port.  World  encom- 
passed,  1652,  1-108  pp.  Summary,  1652,  1-41  pp.  Full  relation, 
1652,  45-60  pp. 
The  four  parts  are  under  the  general  title. 

DRAKE,  FRANCIS.  The  world  encompassed  by  Sir  Francis 
Drake,  being  his  next  voyage  to  that  of  Nombre  de  Dios,  col' 
lated  with  an  unpublished  manuscript  of  Francis  Fletcher, 
chaplain  to  the  expedition.  With  appendices  illustrative  of  the 
same  voyage,  and  introduction,  by  W.  S.  W.  Vaux.  London : 
Printed  for  the  Hakluyt  society,  MDCCCLIV.  2  1.  xl,  295  pp. 
Fold.  map.  8°. 

"Nova  Albion,"  pp.  221-225.  The  map  is  a  facsimile  of  the  "Map 
of  the  world"  of  Hondius  (1595),  showing  California  as  a  peninsula, 
with  Nova  Albion  adjacent  and  northward. 

DRAPER,  SETH.  Voyage  of  the  bark  Orion  from  Boston  around 
Cape  Horn  to  San  Francisco,  1849.  Providence:  Privately 
printed,  1870.  80  pp.  12°. 

DRURY,  P.  SHELDEN.  The  startling  and  thrilling  narrative  of 
the  dark  and  terrible  deeds  of  Henry  Madison,  and  his  asso' 
ciate  and  accomplice,  Miss  Ellen  Stevens,  who  was  executed 
by  the  Vigilance  committee  of  San  Francisco,  on  the  2Oth  Sep- 
tember  last.  Cincinnati:  Published  by  Barclay  6?  co.,  [1857]. 
36  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

An  extremely  lurid-work,  with  suitable  illustrations.  At  the  time  of 
her  death  Ellen  Stevens  had  assumed  the  name  of  Adeline  Myers.  That 
she  was  executed  by  the  Vigilance  committee  of  San  Francisco  is  of 
course  pure  fiction.  That  so  tragic  and  unusual  an  event  ever  occurred 
in  California  by  a  regularly  organized  vigilance  committee  is  highly  im- 
probable. The  execution  at  Downieville  in  1851  of  a  Mexican  woman, 
for  murder  of  a  miner,  took  place  before  the  committee  had  been  for- 

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mally  organized.  Another  edition  of  this  narrative  was  published  at 
Charleston,  S.  G,  without  date,  but  probably  the  same  year. 

DUFLOT  DE  MOFRAS,  EUGENE.  Exploration  du  territoire 
de  T  Oregon,  des  Californies  et  de  la  mer  Vermeille,  executee 
pendant  les  annees  1840,  1841  et  1842.  Ouvrage  publie  par 
ordre  du  roi,  sous  les  auspices  de  M.  le  marechal  Soult,  due  de 
Dalmatie,  president  du  conseil,  et  de  M.  le  ministre  des  affaires 
etrangeres.  Paris :  Arthus  Bertrand,  editeur,  libraire  de  la  So' 
ciete  de  geographic,  rue  Hautefeuille,  n°.  23, 1844.  2  vols.  Pis. 
Map.  8°.  Atlas.  Pis.  Plans.  F°.  Vol.  I,  xii,  (3),  521,  2  pp.  II, 
2,  514  pp. 

Plates :  Vol.  I.  Monterey ;  Portrait  de  R.  P.  Duran;  Californien  jetant 
le  lazo ;  Isba,  maison  des  colonies  russes  de  T  Amerique.  Vol.  II.  Indiens 
Kodiaks  pechant  la  baleine;  Vue  de  Tile  de  Sitka;  Temescal  des  In' 
diens ;  Sculptures  indiennes.  The  atlas  contains  a  large  folding  map  of 
California  and  Oregon,  and  25  plates,  including  maps,  plans,  and  ethno- 
logical subjects.  Superior  to  any  issued  within  that  decade,  this  work 
•was  presumed  to  be  a  continuation  of  Humboldt's  description  of  the 
same  region. 

DUHAUT'CILLY,  A.  Viaggio  intorno  al  globo  principalmente 
alia  California  ed  alle  isola  Sandwich  negli  1826,  1827,  1828  e 
1829  di  A.  Duhaut  Cilly  capitano  di  lungo  corso,  ecc.,  con 
Taggiunta  della  osservasioni  sugli  abitanti  di  quei  paesi  di  Paolo 
Emilio  Botta.  Tradusione  dal  francese  nelFitaliano  di  Carlo 
Botta.  Torino:  Stabilimento  tipografico  fontana,  1841.  2  vols. 
8°.  Vol.  I,  xvi,  296  pp.  2  pis.  II,  393,  (2)  pp.  2  pis. 

Of  the  contemporary  accounts  of  California  this  is  the  most  exten- 
sive,  365  pages  being  devoted  to  the  subject.  The  plates,  crude  wood' 
cuts  made  from  drawings,  represent  views  of  Monterey,  San  Luis  Rey, 
and  Ross. 

DUNBAR,  EDWARD  E.  The  romance  of  the  age;  or,  the  dis- 
covery of  gold  in  California.  New  York :  D.  Appleton  and 
company,  1867.  134  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  12°. 

The  best  work  that  treats  exclusively  upon  this  momentous  event. 

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DUNIWAY,  ABIGAIL  J.  Captain  Gray's  company;  or,  cross- 
ing  the  plains  and  living  in  Oregon.  Portland,  Oregon :  Printed 
and  published  by  S.  J.  McCormick,  1859.  342  PP-  I2°- 

One  of  the  earliest  western  novels.  Written  in  the  style  of  that  day, 
it  contains  much  that  is  descriptive  of  the  modes  and  manners  of  soci' 
ety,  both  primitive  and  organized. 

DUNN,  JOHN.  History  of  the  Oregon  territory  and  British 
North' American  fur  trade ;  with  an  account  of  the  habits  and 
customs  of  the  principal  native  tribes  on  the  northern  conti- 
nent.  London:  Edwards  and  Hughes,  Ave  Maria  Lane,  1844. 
viii,  359  pp.  Maps.  8°. 

John  Dunn,  a  member  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  company,  was  for  eight 
years  a  resident  of  the  country.  This  work,  now  somewhat  scarce,  is 
one  of  the  best  of  its  period.  A  second  edition,  without  change,  ap- 
peared in  London  in  1846,  and  a  greatly  inferior  edition  was  issued  in 
Philadelphia  the  same  year. 

DWINELLE,  JOHN  W.  The  colonial  history  of  the  city  of 
San  Francisco,  being  a  synthetic  argument  in  the  district  court 
of  the  United  States  for  the  northern  district  of  California, 
for  four  square  leagues  of  land  claimed  by  that  city.  San  Fran- 
cisco :  Printed  by  Towne  6?  Bacon,  book  and  job  printers,  no. 
526  Clay  street,  1863.  2,  102,  115  pp.  Map.  8°. 
First  edition;  issued  as  a  brief. 

DWINELLE,  JOHN  W.  The  colonial  history  of  the  city  of 
San  Francisco,  being  a  narrative  argument  in  the  circuit  court 
of  the  United  States  for  the  state  of  California,  for  four  square 
leagues  of  land  claimed  by  that  city  and  confirmed  to  it  by 
that  court.  Third  edition.  San  Francisco :  Printed  by  Towne  5? 
Bacon,  book  and  job  printers,  1866.  45  pp.  Slip  of  errata  opp. 
p.  45.  34  pp.  Erratum,  i  1.  106,  391,  2  pp.  3  pis.  Map.  8°. 

The  work  contains  a  large  number  of  documents,  most  of  which  are 
now  either  inaccessible  or  destroyed.  The  views  of  the  harbor  and 
mission  of  San  Francisco  are  reproduced  from  Forbes'  "  History  of  Cali- 
fornia." In  some  copies  is  inserted  a  folding  map  which  does  not  properly 

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belong  to  the  work.  The  fourth  edition  is  identical  in  all  particulars, 
with  the  exception  of  the  date  upon  the  title,  which  has  been  altered 
to  1867,  and  the  number  of  the  edition  to  "fourth."  200  copies  was  the 
extent  of  the  third  edition,  and  it  must  be  assumed  that  an  equal  number 
constituted  the  edition  known  as  the  fourth. 

EARLY  BOHEMIA.  [  San  Francisco :  n.  d]  51  pp.  8°. 

Privately  printed,  500  copies  having  been  issued.  In  this  have  been 
reprinted  the  invitations  to  "jinks"  from  Nov.,  1873,  to  May,  1881,  with 
a  preface,  in  which  the  compiler  has  reflected  sorrowfully  upon  the  pass' 
ing  of  the  members  and  traditions  of  the  early  days  of  the  club. 

ECKFELDT,  JACOB  R.,  and  DuBOIS,  WILLIAM  E.  New  va- 
rieties of  gold  and  silver  coins,  counterfeit  coins  and  bullion 
•with  mint  values.  Philadelphia :  Published  by  the  authors,  and 
for  sale  by  the  principal  booksellers;  also  at  the  agencies  of 
Adams  6?  co.,  at  Panama  and  San  Francisco,  1850.  62  pp.  Pis. 
Ills.  12°. 

Facing  p.  24  is  a  leaf  of  blue  paper  containing  representations,  em' 
bossed  in  gold,  of  the  Californian  and  Mormon  coins  of  that  period ; 
and  on  p.  45  actual  samples  of  Californian  gold  will  be  found,  inclosed 
under  a  mica  disk.  This  curious  little  work  is  somewhat  rare. 

EDELMAN,  GEORGE  W.  Guide  to  the  value  of  California 
gold.  By  George  W.  Edelman,  accountant,  United  States  mint, 
Philadelphia.  Philadelphia:  George  S.  Appleton,  164  Chestnut 
street,  1850.  16  pp.  8°. 

EDWARDS,  PHILIP  L.  California  in  1837.  Diary  of  Col.  Philip 
L.  Edwards  containing  an  account  of  a  trip  to  the  Pacific  coast. 
Published  in  "Themis"  by  authority  of  the  board  of  state  library 
trustees  of  the  state  of  California.  Sacramento :  A.  J.  Johnston 
&?  co.,  printers,  1890.  47  pp.  12°. 

Apparently  limited  to  a  small  edition,  as  the  work  is  rarely  seen. 

EELLS,  MYRON.  Marcus  Whitman  M.  D. ;  proofs  of  his  work 
in  saving  Oregon  to  the  United  States,  and  in  promoting  the 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

immigration  of  1843.  Portland,  Oregon :  George  H.  Rimes'  book 
and  job  printing  office,  1883.  34  pp.  8°. 

Eells  was  one  of  the  strongest  defenders  of  the  achievements  claimed 
for  Whitman. 

[ELLIOTT,  GEORGE  H.]  The  Presidio  of  San  Francisco.  Con- 
cepcion  de  Arguello.  [Washington,  1874.]  39  pp.  12°. 

The  historical  sketch  occupies  pp.  1^29.  It  was  written  by  Major 
Elliott  while  stationed  at  the  Presidio  in  1870.  This  history  was  largely 
drawn  from  the  Mexican  archives  in  the  office  of  the  United  States 
surveyor'general  in  San  Francisco,  which  were  destroyed  in  1906.  The 
poem  is  the  well'known  one  of  Bret  Harte.  Having  been  privately 
printed,  this  is  one  of  the  scarcest  of  works  relating  to  San  Francisco. 

THE  EMIGRANTS  GUIDE  TO  CALIFORNIA  describing 
its  geography,  agricultural  and  commercial  resources.  Contain' 
ing  a  well'arranged  list  of  the  commodities  most  desirable  for 
exporting  to  that  country,  with  a  table  of  the  duties.  Also, 
some  useful  information  for  commanders  of  vessels,  and  for  the 
overland  travellers  through  Texas.  Together  with  a  valuable 
map,  on  which  the  various  routes  are  traced,  and  an  authentic 
sketch  of  San  Francisco ;  to  which  is  appended  the  governor 
of  California's  (Colonel  Mason's)  official  dispatches  concerning 
the  gold  districts.  By  a  traveller  recently  returned  from  Cali' 
fornia.  London :  Pelham  Richardson,  23  Cornhill,  and  at  the 
Californian  Agency  office,  15  Eastcheap,  [1849].  65,  xii,  (i)  pp. 
Map.  8°. 

EMORY,  WILLIAM  HELMESLEY.  [soth  Congress,  ist  session, 
Ex.  doc.  no.  41.]  Notes  of  a  military  reconnoissance  from  Fort 
Leavenworth,  in  Missouri,  to  San  Diego,  in  California,  including 
part  of  the  Arkansas,  Del  Norte,  and  Gila  regions.  By  Lieut. 
Col.  W.  H.  Emory.  Made  in  1846^7,  with  the  advanced  guard 
of  the  "Army  of  the  West."  Washington :  Wendell  and  Van 
Benthuysen,  printers,  1848.  614  pp.  Pis.  Maps.  8°. 

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Contains,  also :  —  Abert,  J.  W. :  Report  on  his  examination  of  New 
Mexico,  in  the  years  1846-47,  pp.  417-548.  Cooke,  P.  St.  George :  Report 
of  his  march  from  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico,  to  San  Diego,  Upper  Cali- 
fornia,  pp.  549-563.  Johnston,  A.  R. :  Journal,  pp.  564-614.  The  work 
contains  folding  maps  and  a  large  number  of  plates  of  views,  ethnology, 
and  natural  history.  As  in  the  Fremont  narrative,  the  Senate  and  the 
House  editions  of  Emory  correspond  in  text,  maps,  and  subjects  of  plates, 
but  the  latter  differ  considerably  in  appearance  and  engraving.  Most  of 
the  Senate  copies  end  at  p.  416;  the  reports  of  Abert,  Cooke,  and  John- 
ston having  been  omitted. 

ENGEL,  SAMUEL.  Geographische  und  kritische  Nachrichten 
und  Anmerkungen  iiber  die  Lage  der  nordlichen  Gegenden 
von  Asien  und  Amerika,  nach  der  alterneuesten  Reise  beschrie- 
bungen;  welchen  noch  ein  Versuch  iiber  einen  Weg  durch 
Norden  nach  Indien,  und  iiber  die  Errichtung  eines  sehr  aus- 
gebreiteten  und  eintraglichen  Handels  in  die  Siidsee  beygesiiget 
ist ;  nebst  zwo  neuen  nach  diesem  Systeme  entworfenen  Kar- 
ten.  Aus  dem  Franzosischen  ubersetset,  von  dem  Herrn  Ver- 
fasser  selbst  sorgf altig  und  genau  durchgesehen,  verbessert  und 
mit  vielen  neuen  Zusatsen  bereichert,  die  sich  in  dem  Originale 
nicht  befinden.  Mietau,  Hasenpoth  und  Leipzig,  bey  Jacob 
Friedrich  Hins,  1772.  xvi,  368  pp.  2,  fold.  maps.  4°. 

This  work,  somewhat  obscure,  was  translated  from  the  original  French 
edition  of  1765.  It  contains  accounts  of  Cabrillo ;  the  journey  of  Mon- 
cacht- Ape ;  the  explorations  of  De  Fonte  and  De  Fuca ;  and  a  refuta- 
tion of  the  belief,  long  extant,  that  California  was  an  island.  One  of  the 
two  large  folding  maps  shows  the  western  coast  of  North  America  from 
the  Gulf  of  California  to  the  Straits  of  Anian;  the  other,  the  north- 
eastern part  of  Asia,  with  four  insets,  two  of  which  show  parts  of  Cali- 
fornia. Both  maps  are  dated  1764,  and  engraved  by  J.  A.  Chovin. 

[ENGEL,  SAMUEL.]  Memoires  et  observations  geographiques 
et  critiques  sur  la  situation  des  pays  septentrionaux  de  TAsie 
et  de  TAmerique,  cTapres  les  relations  les  plus  recentes.  Aux- 
quelles  on  a  joint  un  essai  sur  la  route  aux  Indes  par  le  nord,  6? 
sur  un  commerce  tres  vaste  6?  tres  riche  a  etablir  dans  la  mer  du 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

sud.  Avec  deux  nouvelles  cartes  dressees  conformement  a  ce 
systeme.  Par  Mr.  *  *  *  A  Lausanne :  Ches  Antoin  Chapin, 
imprimeur,  MDCCLXV.  xxii,  268  pp.  2  fold.  maps.  4°. 

Written  by  Bailly  Samuel  Engel.  California  is  treated  at  length,  pp. 
82-108,  and  176-178.  In  this  work  the  long-existing  fiction  concerning 
an  insular  California  was  definitely  and  finally  removed. 

ENGLEHARDT,  ZEPHYRIN.  The  Franciscans  in  Arizona. 
With  a  map  and  numerous  illustrations.  Cum  permissu  supe- 
riorum.  Harbor  Springs,  Michigan :  Printed  and  published  at 
the  Holy  Childhood  Indian  school,  1899.  vi,  236,  (i)  pp.  PL 
Fold.  map.  8°. 

The  learned  author  had  access  to  many  ecclesiastical  records  that 
have  been  but  infrequently  consulted. 

ENGLEHARDT,  ZEPHYRIN.  The  Franciscans  in  California. 
Con  permissu  superiorum.  Harbor  Springs,  Michigan :  Printed 
and  published  at  the  Holy  Childhood  Indian  school,  1897.  I  !• 
xvi,  516,  (i)  pp.  Map.  Ills.  8°. 

The  most  complete  work  upon  the  colonisation  and  evangelization 
of  California  by  the  Franciscans.  Father  Englehardt,  himself  of  the  order, 
has  more  recently  been  engaged  in  an  extensive  work  upon  the  history 
of  California. 

ESTELL,  JAMES  M.  Speech  delivered  in  the  hall  of  represent^/ 
tives,  Sacramento  city,  Cal.,  to  a  question  of  privilege,  in  con- 
nection with  the  Vigilance  committee,  n.  p.  1857.  X3  PP-  8°. 

ESTRACTO  DE  NOTICIAS  DEL  PUERTO  DE  MONTER- 
REY, de  la  mission,  y  presidio  que  se  han  establecido  en  el  con 
la  denominacion  de  San  Carlos,  y  del  sucesso  de  las  dos  expe- 
diciones  de  mar,  y  tierra  que  a  este  fin  se  despacharon  en  el 
afio  proximo  anterior  de  1769.  [At  end] :  Mexico  16  de  agosto 
de  1770.  Con  licencia  y  orden,  del  Exmo.  Serior  Virrey.  En 
la  imprenta  del  superior  govierno.  3  1.  F°. 

First  edition.  The  Portola  expedition.  This  exceedingly  rare  tract  is 
one  of  the  earliest  works  relating  to  Upper  California.  Reprinted  in  Pa- 

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lou's  "Vida  del  Serra,"  1787 ;  also,  in  the  "Noticias,"  1857  an<^  I874-  A 
translation  appeared  in  "Land  of  Sunshine,"  July,  1901. 

ESTRACTO  DE  NOTICIAS  DEL  PUERTO  DE  MONTER- 
REY, de  la  mission,  y  presidio  que  se  han  establecido  en  el  con 
la  denominacion  de  San  Carlos,  y  del  sucesso  de  las  dos  expe- 
diciones  de  mar,  y  tierra  que  a  este  fin  se  despacharon  en  el 
afio  proximo  anterior  de  1769.  [At  end] :  Mexico  16  de  agosto 
de  1770.  Con  licencia  y  orden,  del  Exmo  Senor  Virrey.  En  la 
imprenta  del  superior  govierno.  8  pp.  4°. 

The  second  edition.  Containing  the  superscription  and  license  of  the 
first,  but  with  some  slight  typographical  changes  in  the  text. 

EVANS,  ALBERT  S.  A  la  California.  Sketches  of  life  in  the 
golden  state.  With  an  introduction  by  Col.  W.  H.  L.  Barnes, 
and  illustrations  from  original  drawings  by  Ernest  Narjot. 
San  Francisco :  A.  L.  Bancroft  &?  company,  publishers,  book- 
sellers and  stationers,  1873.  (10),  11-379  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

A  very  entertaining  book.  Some  of  the  chapters  are  "  In  the  mists 
of  the  Pacific,"  "  In  the  streets  of  San  Francisco,"  "Around  the  mountain 
camp  fire,"  "The  Chinese  feast  of  the  dead,"  and  "Early  times."  As  the 
preface  states,  it  embodies  "  in  a  permanent  and  attractive  form  much 
that  would  otherwise  have  perished  from  sight  and  memory." 

EWER,  FERDINAND  CARTRIGHT.  Two  eventful  nights; 
or,  fallibility  of  spiritualism  exposed.  New  York:  1856.  106 
pp.  12°. 

This  remarkable  work,  the  product  of  a  vivid  imagination,  was  pub- 
lished originally  in  the  "Pioneer"  in  1854,  and  reprinted  in  the  same 
journal  the  year  following.  The  weird  performance  was  supposed  to 
take  place  in  San  Francisco,  near  the  Yerba  Buena  cemetery.  Its  publi- 
cation caused  a  wide-spread  sensation,  with  some  remarkable  results. 

EXPLOITS  OF  THE  ATTORNEY- GENERAL  IN  CALI- 
FORNIA. By  an  early  Californian.  New  York:  Printed  for 
the  author,  1860.  30  pp.  8°. 

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Addressed  to  Hon.  J.  S.  Black,  attorney 'general  of  the  United  States, 
with  caustic  comments  upon  the  results  of  his  administration  of  Cali- 
fornian  land  claims. 

FAIR,  LAURA  D.  Wolves  in  the  fold.  A  lecture  by  Laura  D. 
Fair.  Also,  a  statement  of  facts,  and  defense  of  her  cause,  with 
letters  from  some  prominent  citizens  to  her,  and  her  replies 
thereto.  San  Francisco,  Cal. :  1873.  44  pp.  8°. 

Like  many  others  brought  into  notorious  prominence,  Mrs.  Fair,  after 
her  acquittal,  took  to  the  lecture  platform.  This  address  is  a  severe 
arraignment  of  the  press  and  pulpit  of  San  Francisco. 

FAIR  TRIAL.  Official  report  of  the  trial  of  Laura  D.  Fair,  for 
the  murder  of  Alex.  P.  Crittenden,  including  the  testimony, 
the  arguments  of  counsel,  and  the  charge  of  the  court,  reported 
verbatim,  and  the  entire  correspondence  of  the  parties,  with 
portraits  of  the  defendant  and  the  deceased.  From  the  short' 
hand  notes  of  Marsh  6?  Osbourne,  official  reporters  of  the 
courts.  San  Francisco :  Printed  by  the  San  Francisco  co-oper- 
ative  printing  co.,  411  Clay  and  412  Commercial  streets,  1871. 
325,  xvii  pp.  Ports.  8°. 

This  celebrated  tragedy  occurred  on  the  ferryboat "  El  Capitan,"  No' 
vember  3, 1870.  The  defendant  was  found  guilty,  but  was  subsequently 
acquitted. 

FALCONER,  THOMAS.  On  the  discovery  of  the  Mississippi, 
and  on  the  southwestern,  Oregon,  and  north-western  bound' 
ary  of  the  United  States,  -with  a  translation  from  the  original 
MS.  of  memoirs,  etc.,  relating  to  the  discovery  of  the  Missis- 
sippi, by  Robert  Cavalier  de  la  Salle,  and  the  Chevalier  Henry 
deTonty.  London:  Samuel  Clarke,  13  Pall-Mall  east,  1844.  iv, 
5-99,  (i)  pp.  Fold.  map.  12°. 

Contains  many  valuable  references  to  works  relating  to  the  early 
history  and  exploration  of  the  west. 

FALCONER,  THOMAS.  The  Oregon  territory;  or,  a  state- 
ment of  the  British  claims  to  the  Oregon  territory,  in  oppo- 

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sition  to  the  pretensions  of  the  government  of  the  United 
States.  London:  Samuel  Clarke,  13  Pall'Mall  east,  1845.  49, 
(i)pp.  Map.  8°. 

First  edition.  A  second  edition  appeared  the  same  year,  with  some 
slight  additions,  but  without  the  map. 

[FARGO,  FRANK  F.]  A  true  and  minute  history  of  the  as- 
sassination  of  James  King  of  Wm.  and  the  execution  of  Casey 
and  Cora.  San  Francisco:  J.  W.  Sullivan,  [1856].  24  pp.  8°. 

Cover-title,  containing  a  portrait  of  James  King  of  Wm.  Compiled 
from  the  columns  of  the  "Alta,"  as  originally  written  for  that  paper  by 
Mr.  Fargo. 

PARISH,  THOMAS  EDWIN.  The  gold  hunters  of  California. 
Illustrated  by  F.  I.  Wetherbee,  Chicago.  Chicago :  M.  A.  Don' 
ohue  6?  co.,  1904.  246  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  12°. 

Despite  numerous  errors  in  names  and  other  matters,  this  work  pre- 
sents  a  readable  picture  of  society  in  the  early  days  of  California. 

FARNHAM,  ELIZA  W.  California,  in-doors  and  out;  or,  how 
we  farm,  mine  and  live  generally  in  the  golden  state.  New 
York:  Dix,  Edwards  6?  co.,  1856.  xiv,  (i),  508  pp.  12°. 

Written  by  the  wife  of  Thomas  J.  Farnham,  who  was  noted  as  a 
traveler.  Aside  from  the  customary  moral  reflections  common  to  many 
writers,  her  book  contains  much  that  is  worthy  of  interest,  presenting 
a  fairly  clear  view  to  the  formation  of  the  Vigilance  committee  in  1856. 

FARNHAM,  THOMAS  JEFFERSON.  The  early  days  of  Cali- 
fornia :  embracing  what  I  saw  and  heard  there,  with  scenes  in 
the  Pacific.  Philadelphia:  Published  by  John  E.  Potter,  no.  617 
Sansom  street,  1860.  vi,  6-314  pp.  Port.  Ills.  12°. 

This  book  appears  to  be  old  material  reworked  by  the  publisher— a 
common  practice  of  that  time. 

FARNHAM,  THOMAS  JEFFERSON.  History  of  Oregon  ter- 
ritory, it  being  a  demonstration  of  the  title  of  the  United  States 
of  North  America  to  the  same,  accompanied  by  a  map.  New 

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York:  J.Winchester,  New  World  press,  30  Ann-street,  1844. 
80  pp.  Map.  8°. 

According  to  Mr.  H.  H.  Bancroft  and  others,  the  works  of  Farnham 
have  not  been  characterised  by  extreme  veracity. 

FARNHAM,  THOMAS  JEFFERSON.  Pictorial  edition !  !  ! 
Life,  adventures,  and  travels  in  California,  to  which  are  added 
the  conquest  of  California,  travels  in  Oregon,  and  history  of 
the  gold  regions.  New  York :  Published  by  Cornish,  Lamport 
6?  co.,  1852.  514  pp.  Fold.  map.  Ills.  8°. 

Farnham  died  in  San  Francisco  in  1848.  His  books  were  numerous, 
and  some  went  through  several  editions.  They  were  esteemed  in  their 
day,  but  that  reputation  has  since  suffered  greatly. 

FARNHAM,  THOMAS  JEFFERSON.  Travels  in  the  Call- 
fornias,  and  scenes  in  the  Pacific  ocean.  New  York :  Published 
by  Saxton  6?  Niles,  1844.  iv,  5^416  pp.  Pis.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

A  second  edition  without  alteration  was  issued  in  1846.  Several  later 
editions  exist  under  various  titles,  with  more  or  less  abridgment. 

FARNHAM,  THOMAS  JEFFERSON.  Travels  in  the  great 
western  prairies,  the  Anahuac,  and  Rocky  mountains,  and  in  the 
Oregon  territory.  Poughkeepsie :  Killey  and  Lossing,  printers, 
1841.  197  pp.  8°. 

First  edition,  and  the  earliest  of  Farnham's  works.  This  work  was 
several  times  reprinted.  The  best  edition  is  that  published  in  London 
in  1843,  in  2  vols.,  8°.  This  work  is  quite  distinct  from  "Life  in  Cali' 
fornia,"  by  the  same  author. 

FARWELL,  WILLARD  B.  The  Chinese  at  home  and  abroad. 
Together  with  the  report  of  the  special  committee  of  the  board 
of  supervisors  of  San  Francisco  on  the  condition  of  the  Chi' 
nese  quarter  of  that  city.  San  Francisco :  A.  L.  Bancroft  6?  co., 
1885.  iii,  118,  114  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

FarwelTs  report  contains  vivid  and  extensive  descriptions  of  the  ob' 
jectionable  features  of  these  sections  in  San  Francisco  and  Sacramento. 

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FEDIX,  P.  A.  U  Oregon  et  les  cotes  de  Tocean  pacifique  du  nord, 
aper£u  geographique,  statistique  et  politique.  Paris :  Librairie 
du  Amyot,  editeur,  6,  rue  de  la  Paix,  1846.  ix,  (i),  11-258  pp. 
Fold.  map.  8°. 

Relates  almost  entirely  to  the  political  aspect  of  Oregon  at  that  time. 

FERGUSON,  CHARLES  D.  The  experiences  of  a  forty-niner 
during  thirty-four  years  residence  in  California  and  Australia. 
Edited  by  Frederick  S.  Wallace.  Cleveland,  Ohio:  The  Wil- 
liams publishing  company,  1888.  xviii,  9-507  pp.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

FERRIS,  B.  G.  The  Mormons  at  home ;  with  some  incidents  of 
travel  from  Missouri  to  California,  1852-3.  In  a  series  of  letters. 
By  Mrs.  B.  G.  Ferris,  (wife  of  the  late  United  States  secretary 
for  Utah).  New  York:  Dix  6P  Edwards,  321  Broadway,  1856. 
viii,  299  pp.  12°. 

Mrs.  Ferris  accompanied  her  husband  to  Utah  in  1852.  Her  book 
contains  many  incidents  of  western  life  and  travel. 

FERRY,  HYPOLITE.  Description  de  la  Nouvelle  Californie 
geographique,  politique  et  morale.  Contenant  Thistorique  de 
la  decouverte  de  cette  contree.  Un  precis  des  evenements  po- 
litiques  qui  s'y  sont  accomplis.  ...  La  description  de  ses  baies, 
ports,  villes,  missions,  villages.  .  .  .  Avec  un  grande  carte  de  la 
Nouvelle  Californie.  Des  cartes  particulieres  des  baies  de  Mon- 
terey et  San-Francisco.  De  Tisthme  de  Panama.  Du  cap  Horn 
et  du  detroit  de  Magellan.  Et  plusieurs  vues  interessantes  de 
la  Californie.  Paris :  L.  Maison,  editeur  des  Guides  Richard, 
r.  Christine,  3,  1850.  386  pp.  4  pis.  4  maps.  12°. 

The  most  complete  and  extensive  work  descriptive  of  California  pub- 
lished in  France  at  this  time.  Among  the  plates  are  views  of  Sutter's 
fort,  San  Francisco  in  1850,  and  the  big  trees  of  California.  The  latter 
view  is  probably  the  first  of  its  kind  to  be  published.  Two  editions  of 
this  work  were  issued  in  1850,  but  the  contents  are  identical. 

FIELD,  STEPHEN  JOHNSON.  Personal  reminiscences  of  early 
days  in  California  with  other  sketches.  Printed  for  a  few 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

friends.  Not  published.  [Copyright,  1880,  by  S.  J.  Field.]  iv, 
i  1.  7-248  pp.  8°. 
Privately  printed. 

FIELD,  STEPHEN  JOHNSON.  Personal  reminiscences  of  early 
days  in  California,  with  other  sketches.  To  which  is  added 
the  story  of  his  attempted  assassination  by  a  former  associate 
on  the  supreme  bench  of  California.  By  Hon.  George  C.  Gor- 
ham.  Printed  for  a  few  friends.  Not  published.  Copyright, 
1893,  by  Stephen  J.  Field.  6,  472  pp.  8°. 
Gorham's  account  occupies  pp.  275-472. 

FIELD,  STEPHEN  JOHNSON.  Some  reminiscences  of  the  work 
of  Stephen  J.  Field  as  a  legislator,  state  judge,  and  judge  of  the 
supreme  court  of  the  United  States.  With  an  introductory 
sketch  by  John  Norton  Pomeroy,  LL.  D.,  professor  of  law  in 
the  Hastings  law  department  of  the  University  of  California. 
[San  Francisco]:  1881.  63,464  pp.  8°. 

Privately  printed.  Contains  notes  and  decisions  in  many  important 
cases  in  land,  railroad,  and  other  actions. 

FIELD-TERRY  CONTROVERSY.  Character  and  career  of 
Stephen  J.  Field,  as  it  is  known  in  California.  Field's  infamy 
is  Judge  David  S.  Terry's  vindication.  [No  place:  ca.  1889.] 
76  pp.  8°. 

This  blistering  reflection  upon  the  character  of  the  eminent  jurist 
was  prepared  by  the  friends  of  Judge  Terrry  after  the  tragic  death  of 
the  latter,  in  1889. 

FIELD-TURNER  CONTROVERSY.  Documents  in  relation 
to  charges  preferred  by  Stephen  J.  Field  and  others,  before  the 
house  of  assembly  of  the  state  of  California,  against  Wm.  R. 
Turner,  district  judge  of  the  eighth  judicial  district  of  Cali- 
fornia. California,  1851.  San  Francisco:  Whitton,  Towne  & 
co.,  printers,  Excelsior  steam  presses,  1856.  130  pp.  Port.  2 
fold.  facs.  12°. 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

The  second  edition,  greatly  enlarged  by  the  addition  of  numerous 
documents  and  an  appendix.  The  first  edition  was  published  in  San 
Francisco  in  1853. 

FIGUEROA,  JOSE.  Manifiesto  a  la  republicaMexicanaque  hace 
el  general  de  brigada  Jose  Figueroa  comandante  general  y  gefe 
poEtico  de  la  Alta  California  sobre  su  conduto  y  la  de  los 
Senores  D.  Jose  Maria  de  Hijar,  y  D.  Jose  Maria  Padres,  como 
directores  de  colonisation  en  1834  y  1835.  Monterrey:  Inv 
prenta  del  C.  Agustin  V.  Zamorano,  1835.  184  pp.  16°. 

The  second  and  most  important  of  the  early  books  printed  on  the 
Spanish  press  of  California,  which  was  in  operation  1833-45.  Governor 
Figueroa  died  during  the  progress  of  the  printing,  and  a  slight  obituary 
notice  was  added. 

FIGUEROA,  JOSE.  The  manifiesto  which  the  general  of  brigade 
Don  Jose  Figueroa,  commandant'general  and  political  chief  of 
U.  California,  makes  to  the  Mexican  republic,  in  regard  to  his 
conduct  and  that  of  the  Snrs.  D.  Jose  Maria  de  Hijars  and  D. 
Jose  Padres,  as  directors  of  colonization  in  1833  and  1834. 
Monterey:  1835.  Printing  office  of  citizen  Augustin  V.  Zamo' 
rano.  [San  Francisco]:  Printed  at  the  San  Francisco  Herald 
office,  1855.  104,  (i)  pp.  8°. 

Translated  from  the  original  as  published  in  Monterey  in  1835. 

FIRST  CALIFORNIA  STORY  BOOK.  Uncle  John's  stories 
for  good  California  children.  The  first  California  story  book 
for  the  holidays.  San  Francisco:  Published  by  Hutchings  6? 
Rosenfield,  Wade,  printer,  [1860].  64pp.  Ills.  24°. 

FISHER,  WALTER  M.  The  Californians.  San  Francisco :  A.L. 
Bancroft  and  co.,  1876.  x,  236  pp.  12°. 

The  various  chapters  include  descriptions  of  the  country,  pioneers, 
Spanish  Californians,  reprobates,  women,  etc. 

FITZGERALD,  JAMES  EDWARD.  An  examination  of  the 
charter  and  proceedings  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  company,  with 

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reference  to  the  grant  of  Vancouver's  island.  London :  Tre- 
lawney  Saunders,  *6  Charing  Cross,  1849.  xv»  293  PP-  Fold, 
map.  12°. 

Valuable  work. 

FITZGERALD,  O.  P.  California  sketches.  New  and  old.  Illus- 
trated. Nashville,  Term. :  Publishing  house  of  the  M.  E.  church, 
south,  Barbee  6?  Smith,  agents,  1897.  336  pp.  Port.  Ills.  12°. 

Original  sketches,  some  of  which  are  filled  with  the  warmth  of  the 
old  life  of  California. 

FLEISCHMANN,  J.  C.  L.  Neueste  omcieUe  Bericht  an  die  Re- 
gierung  der  Vereinigten  Staaten  iiber  die  Lage  und  Zukunft 
Californiens.  Stuttgart:  Verlag  von  Franz;  Kohler,  1850.  viii, 
64  pp.  12°. 

The  author  styles  himself  as  "Consul  of  the  United  States  of  America." 

FLETCHER,  ROBERT  H.  The  annals  of  the  Bohemian  club  from 
its  beginning,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  seventytwo, 
to  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty,  comprising  text  and  pictures 
furnished  by  its  own  members  and  edited  by  the  honorary 
historiographer,  Robert  H.  Fletcher.  [1872^80,  1880-87,  and 
1887^95.]  San  Francisco:  Press  of  Hicks'Judd  co.  3  vols.  Pis. 
Ports.  Ills.  4°.  Vol.  I,  242,  (8)  pp.  II,  249,  (9)  pp.  Ill,  301, 

(14)  PP- 

FOLEY,  FANNIE.  Romance  of  the  ocean;  a  narrative  of  the 
voyage  of  the  Wildfire  to  California.  Illustrated  with  stories, 
anecdotes,  etc.  Philadelphia:  Lindsay  and  Blakiston,  1850. 
218  pp.  12°. 

Probably  more  or  less  fictitious.  Miss  Foley  seems  to  have  left  home 
with  a  romantic  anticipation  of  thrilling  adventures  by  sea,  such  as 
shipwreck,  capture  by  pirates,  or  some  other  catastrophe ;  and  being  dis" 
appointed  in  these  expectations,  devoted  herself  to  depicting  what  may 
be  called  domestic  life  on  shipboard. 

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FORBES,  ALEXANDER.  California:  a  history  of  Upper  and 
Lower  California  from  their  first  discovery  to  the  present 
time,  comprising  an  account  of  the  climate,  soil,  natural  pro- 
ductions,  agriculture,  commerce,  &?c.  A  full  view  of  the  mission- 
ary establishments  and  condition  of  the  free  and  domesticated 
Indians.  With  an  appendix  relating  to  steam  navigation  in  the 
Pacific.  Illustrated  with  a  new  map,  plans  of  the  harbours,  and 
numerous  engravings.  London :  Smith,  Elder  6?  co.,  Cornhill, 
1839.  xvi»  352  PP-  9  pis.  Port.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

The  first  English  book  to  relate  exclusively  to  California.  The  changes 
of  time  and  subsequent  history  have  not  disturbed  the  value  of  this 
work,  for  it  is  still  considered  as  one  of  the  most  important  upon  the  sub' 
ject.  Upper  California  is  treated,  pp.  79-3  31.  Among  the  plates  are 
early  views  of  Monterey ;  Bay  of  San  Francisco ;  Mission  of  San  Fran' 
cisco ;  Santa  Barbara ;  San  Carlos ;  Indians ;  and  Californians  throwing 
the  lasso,  the  last  being  copied  from  Beechey's  "Voyage."  The  two 
views  of  San  Francisco  have  frequently  been  reproduced,  notably  in 
Dwinelle's  "  Colonial  history  of  San  Francisco." 

FORD,  HENRY  CHAPMAN.  Etchings  of  the  Franciscan  mis- 
sions of  California.  With  the  outlines  of  history,  description, 
etc.  New  York:  1883.  28pp.  24  etchings.  F°. 

This  is  the  most  elaborate  work  upon  the  missions  that  has  yet  ap' 
peared.  Mr.  Ford  worked  for  many  years  in  making  these  famous  draw 
ings,  which  he  has  here  reproduced  in  most  beautiful  form.  Fifty  copies 
were  printed. 

FORRESTER,  ALFRED  HENRY.  PSEUD.  ALFRED  CROW- 
QUILL.  A  goodnatured  hint  about  California.  Here  we  are 
on  Tom  Titler's  ground  picking  up  gold  and  silver.  London : 
Published  by  D.  Bogue.  M.  6PN.  Hanhart,  lith.  printers,  [1849]. 
Lith.  covers  and  4  1.  Pis.  Obi.  8°. 

In  35  scenes,  depicting  the  humorous  adventures  of  Mivins,  in  Crow 
quill's  well'known  style. 

FORSEE,  PETER  A.  Five  years  of  crime  in  California,  or  the 
life  and  confession  of  G.  W.  Strong,  alias  G.  W.  Clark :  who 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

was  tried,  convicted,  and  hung,  August  3ist,  1866,  at  Ukiah 
city,  Mendocino  co.,  California,  for  the  murder  of  Francis 
Holmes.  A  truthful  record  of  this  most  extraordinary  man  .  . 
together  with  the  evidence  .  .  legal  proceedings  .  .  rulings  of 
the  courts  before  whom  he  was  tried  .  .  his  escape  from  the 
state  prison— his  attempted  escape  from  the  county  jail  of 
Mendocino— prison  anecdotes— last  affecting  scene  of  his  exe' 
cution.  Compiled  and  arranged  by  deputy  sheriff  and  one  of 
the  prison  guards,  George  Washinton  [sic]  Thompson.  Ukiah 
city,  Mendocino  co.,  California :  Published  by  Peter  A.  Forsee, 
January  25th,  1867.  46  pp.  8°. 

A  work  of  indifferent  literary  merit,  poorly  printed  upon  a  small  local 
press.  The  title  is  so  circumstantial  that  further  comment  is  not  needed, 
other  than  the  fact  that  this  is  one  of  the  rarest  of  Californian  books. 

FOSTER,  G.  G.  The  gold  regions  of  California :  being  a  succinct 
description  of  the  geography,  history,  topography,  and  general 
features  of  California :  including  a  carefully  prepared  account 
of  the  gold  regions  of  that  fortunate  country.  Prepared  from 
official  documents  and  other  authentic  sources.  Third  edition. 
New  York:  Dewitt  6-P  Davenport,  Tribune  buildings,  1849. 
80  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

The  engraved  folding  map  accompanies  but  few  copies,  that  com" 
monly  present  being  a  small  woodcut  map.  The  various  editions  were 
issued  without  change  in  contents. 

FOSTER,  JOSEPH  C.  The  uncertainty  of  life.  Sermon  delivered 
Nov.  1 8, 1849,  in  the  Baptist  meeting  house,  in  Brattleboro,Vt., 
and  occasioned  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Henry  L.  Bemis  at  Stock' 
ton,  California,  Sept.  8,  1849.  Published  by  request.  Brattle- 
boro:  J.  P.  Miner,  Phoenix  office,  1849.  *6  PP-  8°. 

Several  discourses  of  this  character  are  in  existence,  but  this  appears 
to  be  the  earliest  of  its  class. 

FRANCE,  GEORGE  W.  The  struggles  for  life  and  home  in  the 
north'west.  By  a  pioneer  homebuilder.  Life  1865-1889.  New 


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York :  I.  Goldmann,  steam  printer,  7,  9  6?  1 1  New  Chambers 
st.,  1890.  607  pp.  Port.  Ills.  8°. 

Mr.  France  characterized  his  book  as  "A  pilgrimage  in  hell."  His 
was  seemingly  a  tempestuous  life,  in  which  difficulties  were  encountered 
in  all  directions.  A  considerable  portion  of  his  narrative  relates  to  the 
Masonic  order,  upon  which  he  comments  with  most  outspoken  fervidity. 

FRANCHERE,  GABRIEL.  Narrative  of  a  voyage  to  the  north- 
west coast  of  America  in  the  years  1811, 1812, 1813,  and  1814, 
or  the  first  American  settlement  on  the  Pacific.  Translated  and 
edited  by  J.  V.  Huntington.  New  York:  Redfield,  no  and  112 
Nassau  street,  1854.  376  pp.  12°. 

The  author  of  this  well-known  work  had  varied  and  unusual  expert 
ences,  which  are  here  recited  in  a  graceful  and  most  charming  manner. 

FRANCHERE,  GABRIEL.  Relation  d  un  voyage  a  la  cote  du 
nord'ouest  de  TAmerique  septentrional,  dans  les  annees  1810, 
n,  12, 13,  et  14.  Montreal:  De  Timprimerie  de  C.  B.  Pasteur, 
1820.  284  pp.  8°. 

Went  to  Oregon  in  1811,  as  a  member  of  the  Pacific  fur  company, 
and  as  such  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Astoria.  He  was  the  last  sur- 
vivor  of  the  famous  Astor  expeditions.  His  book,  both  in  the  original 
and  the  translation,  is  a  classic  of  early  western  travel. 

FREEMASON,  CALIFORNIA.  Constitution  of  the  Grand  lodge 
of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  for  the  state  of  California,  and 
minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  said  convention  to  consti- 
tute said  lodge.  San  Francisco :  Printed  by  Bartlett  6?  Robb, 
Journal  of  Commerce  office,  1850.  18  pp.  8°. 
The  earliest  Masonic  publication  issued  in  California. 

FREMONT,  JOHN  CHARLES.  [Misc.  Sen.  doc.  no.  148,  30th 
Cong,  ist  sess.]  Geographical  memoir  upon  Upper  California, 
in  illustration  of  his  map  of  Oregon  and  California ;  addressed 
to  the  Senate  of  the  United  States.  Washington :  Wendell  and 
Van  Benthuysen,  printers,  1848.  67  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

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The  large  folding  map  is  usually  not  found,  as  it  accompanied  but  a 
few  copies  of  this  work. 

FREMONT,  JOHN  CHARLES.  Report  of  the  exploring  expe- 
dition to  the  Rocky  mountains  in  the  year  1842,  and  to  Ore- 
gon  and  north  California  in  the  years  1843-44.  Printed  by 
order  of  the  Senate  of  the  United  States.  Washington :  Gales 
and  Seaton,  printers,  1845.  693  pp.  Pis.  Fold.  maps.  8°. 

Two  editions  were  issued  by  the  government ;  one  printed  by  order 
of  the  Senate,  and  the  other  by  the  House  of  Representatives.  The  texts 
of  the  two  editions  are  identical,  although  the  latter  ends  at  p.  583,  the 
astronomical  observations  having  been  omitted.  The  plates  in  these  edi- 
tions  differ  greatly  in  appearance,  although  the  subjects  represented  and 
the  number  of  the  plates  exactly  correspond.  Perfect  copies  contain  22 
plates  and  4  maps,  two  of  which  are  folded.  One  of  the  latter,  the  very 
large  general  map  of  Oregon  and  California,  is  usually  contained  in  a 
pocket  at  the  end  of  the  volume. 

FREMONT,  JOHN  CHARLES,  and  FREMONT,  JESSIE  BEN- 
TON.  Memoirs  of  my  life  by  John  Charles  Fremont,  including 
in  the  narrative  five  journeys  of  western  exploration,  during 
the  years  1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4.  Together  with 
a  sketch  of  the  life  of  Senator  Benton  in  connection  with 
western  expansion,  by  Jessie  Benton  Fremont.  A  retrospect 
of  fifty  years,  covering  the  most  eventful  periods  of  modern 
American  history.  Vol.  I.  Chicago  and  New  York :  Belford, 
Clarke  6?  company,  1887.  xix,655pp.  Pis.  Maps.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

Issued  in  parts,  ten  only  of  which  appeared.  These  completed  the  first 
volume,  and  bring  the  work  down  to  1846. 

FREMONT  COURT-MARTIAL.  Message  of  the  President  of 
the  United  States,  communicating  the  proceedings  of  the  court- 
martial  in  trial  of  Lieut.-Colonel  Fremont,  April  7, 1848.  [  3oth 
Cong,  ist  sess.  Sen.  ex.  doc.  33.]  [Washington:  1848.]  447 
pp.  8°. 

The  charges  were  mutiny,  disobedience  of  the  lawful  commands  of 
his  superior  officer,  and  conduct  to  the  prejudice  of  good  order  and 

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military  discipline.  His  commanding  officer  was  Stephen  W.  Kearny.  He 
was  found  to  be  guilty,  and  the  sentence  was  dismissal.  President  Polk 
accepted  the  findings  (except  that  relating  to  mutiny),  but  remitted  the 
penalty,  ordering  Fremont  to  retain  his  sword  and  report  for  duty.  Fre- 
mont,  however,  refused  to  accept  the  executive  clemency  and  resigned. 

THE  FREMONT  DECISION.  Decision  of  the  supreme  court 
of  the  state  of  California,  in  the  case  of  Biddle  Boggs  vs.  Mer- 
ced mining  company,  together  with  the  finding  and  judgment 
of  the  thirteenth  judicial  district,  and  remarks  of  the  press. 
San  Francisco:  Printed  by  Royal  P.  Locke,  no.  114  Battery 
street,  1859.  44  pp.  8°. 

"  Las  Mariposas,"  a  famous  claim,  was  owned  by  John  C.  Fremont, 
and  located  upon  agricultural  lands  in  Mariposa  county.  A  band  of 
squatters  invaded  the  property  and  began  mining  for  gold.  A  suit  en- 
sued, and  AttorneyGeneral  Gushing  objected  to  the  patent  (which 
did  not  cover  mineral  lands),  and  contended  that  if  Fremont  did  own 
the  land  he  did  not  own  the  gold  in  it,  and  the  patent  must  read  ac- 
cordingly. The  supreme  court  of  California  had  previously  rendered  a 
similar  decision.  Fremont  then  went  to  the  President,  who  told  him 
he  would  not  allow  so  ridiculous  a  procedure.  He  ordered  the  patent 
made  out  in  the  usual  form  and  signed  it  himself.  The  court,  being  ex- 
posed to  considerable  ridicule,  was  inclined  to  allow  the  case  to  be  re- 
opened, with  the  result  that  a  final  decision  was  passed  in  favor  of 
Fremont.  The  justices  were  Field  and  Cope. 

FRIGNET,  ERNEST.  La  Californie  histoire.  Organisation  po- 
litique  et  administrative,  legislation,  description  physique  et 
geologique,  agriculture— Industrie— commerce.  Paris:  Schle- 
singer  freres,  1866.  xv,  479  pp.  8°. 

Of  the  numerous  works  upon  California,  this  is  one  of  the  best  and 
most  complete  of  that  period.  Many  authorities  have  been  consulted 
and  carefully  cited.  A  second  edition,  with  a  map,  appeared  the  year 
following. 

FROST,  JOHN.  History  of  the  state  of  California,  from  the 
period  of  the  conquest  by  Spain  to  her  occupation  by  the 
United  States  of  America.  Containing  an  account  of  the  dis- 

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covery  of  the  immense  gold  mines  and  placers,  etc.  New  York : 
C.  M.  Saxton,  25  Park  Row,  1859.  422  PP-  Ills.  12°. 

Although  of  no  historical  depth,  this  work  was  popular  and  went 
through  numerous  editions,  the  earliest  of  which  was  that  of  1850.  The 
illustrations  of  life  and  scenery  are  very  crude,  and  some  copies  exist 
wherein  they  have  been  embellished  with  equally  crude  hand-coloring. 

FROTHINGHAM,  N.  L.  Gold:  a  sermon  preached  to  the  First 
church,  on  Sunday,  Dec.  17, 1848,  by  the  pastor  of  the  church. 
Printed  by  request.  Boston :  Printed  by  John  Wilson,  2 1  School 
street,  1849.  14  pp.  8°. 

Occasioned  by  the  emigration  to  California,  and  one  of  the  earliest 
of  its  class. 

FROTHINGHAM,  RICHARD.  A  tribute  to  Thomas  Starr 
King.  Boston:  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1865.  247  pp.  12°. 

"Four  years  in  California""  and  "The  closing  scene "  occupy  pp. 
173-231. 

FROWD,  J.  G.  PLAYER.  Six  months  in  California.  London: 
Longmans,  Green,  and  co.,  1872.  164  pp.  12°. 

[GALIANO,  DIONISIO  ALCALA.]  Relacion  del  viage  hecho 
por  las  goletas  Sutil  y  Mexicana  en  el  ano  de  1792  para  reco' 
nocer  el  estrecho  de  Fuca ;  con  una  introduccion  en  que  se  da 
noticia  de  las  expediciones  executadas  anteriormente  por  los 
Espanoles  en  busca  del  paso  de  noroeste  de  la  America.  Del 
orden  del  rey.  Madrid,  en  la  imprenta  real,  ano  de  1802-1806. 
2  vols.  [Text  and  atlas.]  Text,  7 1.  clxviii,  185  pp.  Fold,  chart. 
4°.  Atlas,  4  pp.  8  pis.  9  fold.  maps.  F°. 

This  work,  of  great  importance,  is  rendered  more  valuable  by  the 
"  Introduccion,"  which  is  a  masterly  resume  of  Spanish  voyages  to  the 
coast,  written  by  Martin  Fernandez;  de  Navarette,  whose  name  does 
not  appear  in  the  work.  He  was  an  accomplished  scholar,  and  his 
knowledge  of  the  Spanish  archives  was  superior  to  that  of  any  of  his 
contemporaries.  The  plates  of  the  atlas  are  generally  ethnological.  The 
maps  are  the  following :  i.  General  map  of  the  expedition,  1791-2, 

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pulco  to  Cape  Perpetua  above  Cape  Blanco ).  2.  Perpetua  to  the  north' 
ern  extremity  of  Vancouver  island.  3.  North  Pacific  coasts  of  America 
and  Asia.  4.  Viscayno's  map  of  1602.  5.  Plan  of  San  Diego,  Juan  Pan' 
toj'a,  1782.  6.  Monte  Rey,  port  and  bay,  1791.  7.  Nutka,  1791.  8.  Port 
Mulgrave,  1791.  9.  Port  Desengano. 

GALLATIN,  ALBERT.  The  Oregon  question.  New  York:  Bart- 
lett  &  Welford,  7  Astor  house,  1846.  75  pp.  8°. 

An  able  statement  of  this  question,  which  at  that  time  was  engaging 
the  entire  attention  of  both  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States.  This 
is  the  best  of  the  several  editions  that  were  published. 

GARCES,  FRANCISCO.  On  the  trail  of  a  Spanish  pioneer. 
The  diary  and  itinerary  of  Francisco  Garces  (missionary  priest) 
in  his  travels  through  Sonora,  Arizona  and  California,  1775' 
1776.  Translated  from  an  official  contemporaneous  copy  of  the 
original  Spanish  manuscript,  and  edited  with  copious  critical 
notes  by  Elliott  Coues.  Eighteen  maps,  views,  and  facsimiles. 
In  two  volumes.  New  York:  Francis  P.  Harper,  1900.  Vol.  I, 
xxx,  312  pp.  II,  vi,  (i)  313-608  pp.  8°. 

The  expedition  came  into  California  as  far  as  the  San  Gabriel  mission. 

GARNIER,  P.  Voyage  medicale  en  California  Paris :  Chez;  Tau- 
teur,  rue  du  Roche,  13,  1854.  43  pp.  8°. 

Publications  de  TUnion  medicale,  aout  et  septembre,  1854. 

GAY,  FREDERICK  A.  Sketches  of  California.  An  account  of 
the  life,  manners  and  customs  of  the  inhabitants.  Its  history, 
climate,  soil,  productions,  6fc.,  also  interesting  information  in 
relation  to  the  Canchalagua;  a  Californian  plant  of  rare  me' 
dicinal  virtues.  [New  York:  1848.]  16  pp.  8°. 

Cover'title.  Issued  for  gratuitous  distribution,  to  advertise  the  merits 
claimed  for  this  wonderful  plant.  With  the  exception  of  hides,  tallow, 
and  gold,  this  is  probably  the  first  time  that  the  attention  of  the  world 
was  directed  to  the  qualities  of  a  natural  product  of  California. 

GAZLAY,  DAVID  M.  The  Californian  mercantile  journal  for 
1860.  A  compilation  of  local  and  statistical  information,  gen' 

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eral  reading  matter,  6?c.,  appertaining  immediately  to  the  state 
of  California  6?c.  Volume  I.  San  Francisco :  George  Elliott  6? 
co.,  [1860].  312  pp.  Ills.  4°. 

Includes  biographies,  historical  sketches,  and  other  matter  descriptive 
of  Californian  life  and  localities,  with  alternating  leaves  of  local  adver' 
tisements,  many  of  which  are  illustrated  by  views  of  well-known  build' 
ings  long  since  disappeared.  No  second  volume  appeared,  and  the  work 
is  exceedingly  uncommon. 

GEMELING,  JOHN  GEORGIUS.  Disputatio  geographica  de 
vero  Californiae  situ  et  conditione.  Marburgi  Caltorum :  Typis 
Phil.  Casirnir  Mulleri,  Acad.  Typogr.,  [1739].  30  pp.  12°. 

This  tract  appears  to  have  been  prepared  as  a  thesis  for  a  university 
or  college  degree.  It  is  one  of  the  rarest  and  least  known  of  the  early 
works  on  California.  It  has  been  ascribed  to  Johannus  A.  Hartmanny 
but  in  reality  Gemeling  was  the  author. 

GEORGE,  HENRY.  Progress  and  poverty.  An  inquiry  into  the. 
cause  of  industrial  depressions,  and  of  increase  of  want  with 
increase  of  wealth— the  remedy.  Author's  edition.  San  Fran^ 
cisco:  Wm.  M.  Hinton  6P  co.,  printers,  1879.  (2),  512  pp.  8°. 

The  original  edition  of  this  notable  work,  of  which  but  200  copies 
were  printed. 

GEORGE,  HENRY  JR.  The  life  of  Henry  George.  New  York: 
Doubleday  and  McClure  company,  1900.  7!.  604  pp.  Ports.  12°. 

Includes  an  interesting  account  of  the  earlier  career  of  this  eminent 
man  at  Fraser  river,  Sacramento,  and  San  Francisco ;  the  history  of  his 
great  work,  "Progress  and  Poverty";  and  the  details  of  his  life  after 
leaving  California. 

GERSTACKER,  FRIEDRICH.  Gold!  Ein  Californisches  Le- 
bensbild  aus  dem  Jahre  1849.  Leipzig:  Herman  Costenoble, 
1858.  3  vols.  12°.  Vol.  I,  (2),  327  pp.  II,  (2),  322  pp.  Ill,  (2), 

34i  PP- 

In  his  ability  to  describe  Gerstacker  was  superior  to  many  of  his  con^ 
temporaries.  These  volumes  contain  much  upon  early  San  Francisco ; 

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the  great  fires,  Chinese,  the  mines,  and  other  interesting  topics  of  early 
California. 

GERSTACKER,  FRIEDRICH.  Kalifornien  s  Gold  u.  Quecksil- 
ber'District,  nach:  the  California  Herald  von  Fr.  Gerstacker. 
Dritte  verbesserte  Auflage.  Leipzig :  Verlag  v.  Wilhelm  Jurany, 
1849.  32  pp.  Map.  8°. 

Cover'title.  Made  up  as  usual  from  various  sources.  The  map,  which 
is  on  the  cover'title,  is  of  the  mining  district. 

GERSTACKER,  FRIEDRICH.  Scenes  de  la  vie  californienne 
par  F.  Gerstacker,  traduites  de  rallemand  par  Gustave  Revilliod. 
Geneve:  Imprimerie  de  Jules  Gme  Fick,  1859.  26o,  (J)  PP- 

Pis.  8°. 

i 

Among  other  sketches  is  a  spirited  account  of  a  bull'fight  at  the 
Mission  Dolores,  San  Francisco.  The  illustrations  are  charming  etchings 
on  India  paper. 

GIBBS,  GEORGE.  Alphabetical  vocabulary  of  the  Chinook  lan- 
guage. New  York:  Cramoisy  press,  1863.  viii,  9-23  pp.  8°. 

Shea's  library  of  American  linguistics,  xiii.  The  vocabulary  is  in  Eng" 
lish,  with  the  Chinook  equivalent.  This  dialect  was  used  by  Indians 
who  formerly  lived  upon  both  banks  of  the  Columbia  river,  extending 
from  the  Grand  Dalles  westward  about  175  miles.  It  is  a  distinct  Ian- 
guage,  and  should  not  be  confused  with  the  Chinook  jargon.  100  copies 
were  printed  in  8°,  and  a  few  ( 25,  it  is  stated )  were  issued  in  4°. 

GIBBS,  GEORGE.  Alphabetical  vocabularies  of  tbe  Clallam  and 
Lummi.  New  York:  Cramoisy  press,  1863.  vii,  9-40  pp.  8°. 

Shea's  library  of  American  linguistics,  xi.  These  tribes  formerly  in- 
habited  the  shores  of  Fuca  strait  and  the  vicinity  of  Vancouver  island, 
and  Port  Townsend.  The  vocabularies  are  in  English  and  the  Indian 
dialects.  100  copies  were  printed  in  8°,  and  a  few  ( 25,  it  is  stated )  were 
issued  in  4°. 

GIBBS,  GEORGE.  A  dictionary  of  the  Cbinpok  jargon,  or  trade 
language  of  Oregon.  New  York:  Cramoisy  press,  1863.  xiv, 
(2),  44  pp.  8°. 

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Shea's  library  of  American  linguistics,  xii.  Part  I,  Chinook'English. 
Part  II,  English'Chinook.  A  bibliography  of  the  Chinook  jargon  is  found, 
pp.  xiii-xiv.  This  dictionary  contains  about  500  words  used  commonly  by 
all  tribes  of  the  northwest.  "Begun  about  the  time  of  Vancouver's  visit 
in  1792,  it  was  enlarged  gradually,  but  probably  received  its  chief  rnv 
pulse  after  the  arrival  of  Astor's  party.  The  jargon  was  derived  prin' 
cipally  from  the  Chinook  and  Clatsop,  with  a  few  words  from  other 
dialects,  forming  perhaps  three'fourths  of  its  extent.  The  remainder 
consists  of  words  taken  more  or  less  directly  from  French  and  English. 
Spanish  words  form  no  part  of  the  jargon,  and  although  many  Sandwich 
islanders  were  introduced  by  Hudson's  Bay  company  no  word  of  Ka' 
naka  origin  appears  to  have  found  its  way  into  the  jargon."  —  Pilling.  100 
copies  were  printed  in  8°,  and  a  few  ( 25,  it  is  stated )  were  issued  in  4°. 

GILLIAM,  ALBERT  M.  Travels  over  the  table  lands  and  cor- 
dilleras  of  Mexico,  during  the  years  1843,  and  44;  including 
a  description  of  California,  the  principal  cities  and  mining  dis- 
tricts  of  that  republic,  and  the  biographies  of  Iturbide  and 
Santa  Anna.  Philadelphia:  John  W.  Moore,  138  Chestnut 
street,  1846.  xv,  17-455  pp.  Pis.  Fold.  map.  Ports.  8°. 

In  January,  1844,  the  author  was  appointed  United  States  consul  at 
San  Francisco,  but  never  came  to  take  the  position.  Upon  his  resigna' 
tion,  Thomas  O.  Larkin  was  named  as  his  successor. 

GLEESON,  WILLIAM.  History  of  the  Catholic  church  in  Cali- 
fornia. San  Francisco :  Printed  for  the  author,  by  A.  L.  Ban- 
croft and  company,  1872-1871.  2  vols.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xv,  446  pp. 
5  pis.  Map.  II,  351  pp.  4  pis.  3  plans. 

The  title-page  of  vol.  II  bears  the  date  of  1871.  This  work,  largely 
esteemed,  is  rare,  having  suffered  in  a  destructive  fire  at  the  publishers. 
The  author,  Father  William  Gleeson,  was  for  many  years  a  professor 
at  St.  Mary's  college,  San  Francisco.  He  had  superior  advantages  in  his 
access  to  historic  material,  which  he  has  well  used,  although  naturally 
he  is  disposed  to  favor  the  ecclesiastical  side.  Among  the  plates  are 
portraits  of  Salvatierra  and  Junipero  Serra. 

GLISAN,  RODNEY.  Journal  of  army  life.  San  Francisco :  A.  L. 
Bancroft  and  company,  1874.  xi,  511  pp.  Pis.  Fold,  table.  8°. 

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Relates  almost  entirely  to  the  early  Indian  wars  in  Washington  and 
Oregon. 

GOLDSMITH,  OLIVER.  Overland  in  forty-nine.  The  recollec- 
tions of  a  Wolverine  ranger  after  a  lapse  of  forty-seven  years. 
Exclusively  for  my  family  and  friends.  All  rights  reserved. 
Detroit,  Michigan:  Published  by  the  author,  1896.  148  pp. 
Pis.  Port.  12°. 

This  work,  like  others  of  its  character,  is  not  without  interest,  but 
its  most  singular  feature  is  the  almost  complete  absence  of  dates,  actual 
or  approximate.  The  late  Judge  W.  T.  Sexton,  of  Oroville,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  this  party. 

THE  GOLD  REGIONS  OF  CALIFORNIA,  describing  the 
geography,  topography,  history  and  general  features  of  the 
country  from  the  official  reports  transmitted  to  the  American 
government  by  Col.  Mason,  Lieut.-Col.  Fremont,  Brig.-Gen. 
Jones,  Lieut.  Emory,  J.  L.  Folsom,  Esq.,  together  with  exclusive 
authentic  particulars,  and  a  coloured  map  of  the  country.  Lon- 
don: Baily  bros.,  Exch.  bdg.,  Cornhill,  [1849].  79  PP-  Map.  8°. 

GOLD  STORIES  OF  49  BY  A  CALIFORNIAN.  Boston: 
Copeland  and  Day,  MDCCCXCVI.  52  pp.  12°. 

I.  The  finding  of  the  gold.  II.  Crossing  the  plains.  III.  The  lost  gold 
lake.  Blank  verse,  descriptive  of  pictures  and  scenes  of  the  pioneer  min- 
ing days. 

GOODYEAR,  WATSON  ANDREWS.  The  coal  mines  of  the 
western  coast  of  the  United  States.  San  Francisco :  A.  L.  Ban- 
croft 6?  company,  1877.  153  pp.  8°. 
The  best  authority  upon  the  subject. 

GOUGENHEIM  SISTERS.  Histrionic  memoirs  of  the  Misses 
Adelaide  and  Joey  Gougenheim  with  opinions  of  the  press. 
San  Francisco :  Steam  press  of  Monson,  Valentine  &P  co.,  nos. 
127  and  129  Sansome  street,  1856.  32  pp.  8°. 

The  Gougenheim  sisters  were  English  actresses  who  came  to  San 
Francisco  in  1855.  They  were  greatly  popular  with  the  theatre-goers 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

of  that  day,  and  their  fame  was  augmented  by  a  lawsuit  in  which  they 
demanded  damages  for  grievances  alleged  to  have  occurred  on  board 
the  steamship  that  brought  them  to  this  city. 

GOULD  &  CURRY  SILVER  MINING  COMPANY,  Vir- 
ginia, N.  T.  San  Francisco :  Lithographed  by  Britton  6?  co., 
[1862].  14  pis.  i  fold,  panorama.  Obi.  f°. 

A  series  of  very  interesting  views  illustrative  of  this  famous  mine. 

GRAHAM,  MARY.  Historical  reminiscences  of  one  hundred 
years  ago.  The  mission  of  San  Francisco  de  Assis.  (Mission 
Dolores.)  Maria  de  la  Concepcion  Argiiello.  San  Francisco: 
P.  J.  Thomas,  printers,  1876.  40  pp.  12°. 

This  little  work  has  become  very  scarce.  More  recent  research  might 
disestablish  a  few  minor  facts  in  this  volume,  but  its  subject-matter  is 
more  nearly  correct  than  many  that  have  assumed  greater  pretensions. 

GRANICE,  ROWENA.  The  family  gem ;  miscellaneous  stories 
of  California.  Sacramento :  Printed  at  the  Old  State  Journal 
steam  presses,  40  K  street,  1858.  40  pp.  Port.  8°. 

The  sentimental  and  the  lurid  are  about  evenly  blended.  This  is 
probably  the  first  work  of  this  kind  to  be  published  in  California. 

GRAY,  WILLIAM  HENRY.  A  history  of  Oregon,  1790-1849, 
drawn  from  personal  observation  and  authentic  information. 
Published  by  the  author  for  subscribers.  Portland,  Oregon: 
Harris  6?  Hohman,  etc.,  1870.  624  pp.  8°. 

Mr.  Gray,  a  missionary,  reached  Oregon  in  1838.  His  history  has 
been  mercilessly  criticized  by  Hubert  Howe  Bancroft,  who  declares  that 
it  would  take  a  work  equally  as  large  to  correct  the  mistakes  in  it. 

GREGORY,  JOSEPH  W.  Gregory's  guide  for  California  trav- 
ellers ;  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  containing  all  the  requisite 
information  needed  by  persons  taking  the  route.  New  York : 
Published  by  Nafis  6-?  Cornish,  1850.  46  pp.  8°. 

Of  this  work,  nine  pages  are  devoted  to  various  instructions  that 
make  up  the  "  guides."  The  remaining  thirty  "five  are  occupied  by  a  re- 
print of  the  constitution  of  California.  These  singular  compositions, 
known  as  "  guides,"  were  as  frequently  constructed  by  those  who  had 

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not  been  in  California  as  those  who  had.  The  contents  were  taken  from 
all  possible  sources,  with  little  regard  to  accuracy.  Travels,  geographical 
works,  antiquated  articles  in  encyclopedias,  government  reports,  letters, 
verbal  narratives  — anything  to  secure  a  sufficient  amount  of  material 
to  form  a  book.  As  the  object  was  their  sale,  all  were  more  or  less  highly 
colored,  and  occasional  flashes  of  intelligence  veiled  the  poverty  of  their 
limitations.  When  to  these  defects  maps  and  plates,  such  as  they  were, 
had  been  added,  the  effect  was  as  brilliant  as  the  colors  in  a  child's 
kaleidoscope,  and  nearly  as  useless.  With  their  defects,  however,  these 
works  form  one  of  the  most  interesting  features  of  Calif ornian  literature. 

GREELEY,  HORACE.  An  overland  journey  from  New  York 
to  San  Francisco,  in  the  summer  of  1859.  New  York:  C.  M. 
Saxton,  Barker  &  co.,  1860.  386  pp.  12°. 

Written  in  the  form  of  letters,  and  originally  published  in  the  "New 
York  Tribune." 

GREENHOW,  ROBERT.  The  history  of  Oregon  and  Califor- 
nia, and  the  other  territories  on  the  north-west  coast  of  North 
America;  accompanied  by  a  geographical  view  and  map  of 
those  countries,  and  a  number  of  documents  as  proofs  and  il- 
lustrations of  the  history.  Boston :  Charles  C.  Little  and  James 
Brown;  London:  John  Murray,  1845.  xviii,  (i),  492  pp.  Fold, 
map.  8°. 

The  ablest  and  most  important  work  of  its  time.  Greenhow  has  long 
been  regarded  as  an  eminent  historian,  and  his  work  is  of  permanent 
value.  Several  other  editions  were  published  in  Boston  and  New  York 
in  1844, 1845,  and  1847.  There  are  but  slight  differences  in  the  texts, 
but  the  last  of  these  editions  was  issued  without  the  map. 

GREENHOW,  ROBERT.  Memoir,  historical  and  political,  on 
the  northwest  coast  of  North  America,  and  the  adjacent  ter- 
ritories ;  illustrated  by  a  map  and  a  geographical  view  of  those 
countries.  [26th  Cong.,  ist  sess.,  Sen.  174.]  Washington:  Blair 
and  Rives,  printers,  1840.  xii,  228  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

Originally  published  as  a  government  document,  and  later  expanded 
into  his  "  History  of  Oregon  and  California."  This  work  is  still  valued 
as  an  authority. 

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GRIDLEY,  REUEL  COLT.  A  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Reuel 
Colt  Gridley.  Compiled  and  published  for  the  purpose  of  rais' 
ing  money  to  aid  in  building  a  monument  to  his  memory,  and 
establishing  a  fund  for  his  family.  Stockton,  California :  April 
9,  1883.  40  pp.  Port.  16°. 

Gridley  raised  $2,75,000  for  the  Sanitary  commission,  by  carrying  on 
his  shoulder  from  town  to  town,  and  selling  at  auction,  his  famous 
"  Sanitary  sack  of  flour." 

GRIFFIN,  GEORGE  BUTLER.  Publications  of  the  Historical 
society  of  southern  California.  Documents  from  the  Sutro 
collection.  Translated,  annotated  and  edited  by  George  Butler 
Griffin.  Los  Angeles :  Press  of  the  Franklin  printing  company, 
1891.  iv,  213,  (i)  pp.  Facs.  8°. 

Publications,  part  i,  vol.  II.  Contains  the  Spanish  text  and  English 
translation  of  nineteen  original  documents  relating  to  the  Californias 
heretofore  unpublished :  The  accounts  of  Sebastian  Vizcaino  of  his  ex' 
peditions  and  discoveries  in  1602 ;  two  letters  to  the  Viceroy  Bucareli  — 
one  upon  the  conditions  of  the  missions,  and  the  other  transmitting  the 
journal  of  Padre  Crespi ;  the  diary  of  Padre  de  la  Pefia,  kept  during  the 
voyage  of  the  "  Santiago,"  dated  Aug.  28, 1774 ;  and  the  journal  of  Padre 
Crespi,  kept  during  the  same  voyage,  dated  Oct.  5,  1774. 

GRUBER,  F.  Illustrated  guide  and  catalogue  of  Woodward's 
gardens,  located  on  Mission  street,  bet.  i3th  &  i4th  sts., 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  Compiled  by  F.  Gruber.  San  Francisco: 
Francis, Valentine  &  co.,  book  and  job  printers,  517  Clay  street, 
1879.  87,  iv  pp.  Port.  Ills.  8°. 

A  complete  description  of  this  most  delightful  old  place,  the  memory 
of  which  is  held  dear  by  all  old  San  Franciscans.  Mr.  Gruber,  an  eminent 
naturalist,  was  for  many  years  curator  of  the  museum.  The  portrait  is 
of  Mr.  R.  B.  Woodward,  owner  of  the  gardens. 

GUNN,  DOUGLAS.   A  historical  sketch  of  San  Diego,  San 
Diego  county,  California,  n.  p.,  July  4th,  1876.  16  pp.  8°. 
A  good  historical  sketch  of  both  old  and  new  San  Diego. 

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GUNN,  DOUGLAS.  Picturesque  San  Diego,  with  history  and 
descriptive  notes.  By  Douglas  Gunn,  San  Diego,  California, 
July  i,  1887.  Chicago:  Knight  6?  Leonard  co.,  printers,  1887. 
97  PP.  Pis.  4°. 

The  author  has  long  been  recognized  as  a  writer  of  ability.  This  work 
is  of  peculiar  interest  for  the  numerous  fine  photogravures  of  views  of 
buildings  and  scenery  described  in  its  pages. 

GWIN,  WILLIAM  McKENDREE.  Speeches  in  the  Senate  of 
the  United  States,  on  private  land  titles  in  the  state  of  Call' 
fornia.  Washington:  Gideon  6?  co.,  printers,  1851.  ix,  171  pp. 
2  fold.  maps.  8°. 

Contains,  with  observations,  many  extracts  from  Mexican  laws  and 
decrees  relating  to  land  grants.  The  literature  upon  the  land  claims  of 
California  is  extensive. 

HALL,  FREDERICK.  The  history  of  San  Jose  and  surround- 
ings,  with  biographical  sketches  of  early  settlers.  Illustrated 
with  a  map  and  engravings  on  stone.  San  Francisco :  Printing 
house  of  A.  L.  Bancroft  and  company,  1871.  xv,  537  pp.  4  pis. 
Fold.  map.  8°. 

A  thoroughly  comprehensive  history,  with  none  of  the  objectionable 
features  so  common  to  many  town  and  county  histories  that  appeared 
later.  The  writer,  a  man  of  ability,  was  some  time  in  the  diplomatic 
service  of  Maximilian  of  Mexico. 

HALL,  J.  L.  Around  the  Horn  in  '49.  Journal  of  the  Hartford 
Union  mining  and  trading  company.  Containing  the  name, 
residence  and  occupation  of  each  member,  with  incidents  of 
the  voyage,  6s?c.,  6?c.  Printed  by  J.  L.  Hall,  on  board  the  Henry 
Lee.  1849.  88  pp.  12°. 

A  unique  imprint,  having  been  printed  on  board  the  vessel  after  arri- 
val and  while  lying  in  San  Francisco  bay. 

HALL,  L.  J.  Around  the  Horn  in  '49.  Journal  of  the  Hartford 
Union  mining  and  trading  company.  Containing  the  name, 
residence  and  occupation  of  each  member,  with  incidents  of 

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the  voyage,  6fc.,  6fc.  Printed  by  L.  J.  Hall,  on  board  the  Henry 
Lee,  1849.  [Hartford,  1898.]  v,  (6),  252  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  12°. 

The  journal  (pp.  i'i68)  was  originally  published  as  the  imprint  states. 
This  present  edition,  with  an  appendix  ( pp.  169-252 ),  was  reprinted  by 
the  author  fifty  years  later. 

HALLEY,  WILLIAM.  The  centennial  year  book  of  Alameda 
county,  California,  containing  a  summary  of  the  discovery  and 
settlement  of  California ;  a  description  of  the  Contra  Costa 
under  Spanish,  Mexican  and  American  rule;  ...  to  which 
are  added  biographical  sketches  of  prominent  pioneers  and 
public  men.  Illustrated  with  numerous  engravings.  Oakland, 
Gal:  Published  by  William  Halley,  1876.  xv,  586  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

Leaves  of  advertisements  have  been  incorporated  throughout  it,  which 
have  not  graced  the  work ;  but  despite  this  undignified  feature  the  con- 
tents form  the  best  source  of  authority  that  we  have  for  the  history  of 
this  county. 

HARDIE,  JAMES  ALLEN.  Memoir  of  James  Allen  Hardie, 
inspector-general,  United  States  army.  Washington :  Printed 
for  private  circulation,  1877.  ix,  (i),  79  pp.  Port.  12°. 

Came  to  California  in  1847  ^  major,  First  New  York  volunteers, 
commanded  by  Col.  Jonathan  D.  Stevenson. 

HARDY  IMPEACHMENT.  Official  report  of  the  proceedings, 
testimony  and  arguments,  in  the  trial  of  James  H.  Hardy,  dis- 
trict judge  of  the  sixteenth  judicial  district,  before  the  senate 
of  the  state  of  California,  sitting  as  a  high  court  of  impeach- 
ment. Sumner  &  Cutter,  official  reporters.  Sacramento :  Benj. 
P.  Avery,  state  printer,  1862.  712  pp.  8°. 

Neglect  of  office  and  other  offenses  were  the  charges.  The  defendant 
was  found  guilty  and  removed  from  office. 

HARLAN,  JACOB  WRIGHT.  California,  46  to  '88.  San  Fran- 
cisco: The  Bancroft  company,  1888.  242  pp.  Port.  8°. 

This  author  came  by  the  overland  route  as  a  member  of  the  Boggs- 
Moran  party,  and  upon  his  arrival  joined  Fremont's  battalion.  His  nar- 

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rative,  written  in  simple  fashion,  frequently  disjointed,  contains  much 
interesting  matter. 

HARRIS,  J.  MORRISON.  A  paper  upon  California  read  be- 
fore the  Maryland  Historical  society,  by  J.  Morrison  Harris, 
corresponding  secretary,  March,  1849.  Baltimore:  Printed  for 
the  society  by  John  D.  Toy,  corner  of  Market  and  St.  Paul's 
streets,  MDCCCXLIX.  32  pp.  8°. 

HART,  FRED  H.  The  Saserac  lying  club.  A  Nevada  book. 
San  Francisco:  Henry  Keller  6? co.,  1878.  240,  (i)  pp.  Ills.  8°. 
Contains  sketches  of  the  odd  characters  in  Nevada,  with  local  nar- 
ratives, frontier  sketches,  Indians,  Chinese,  life  in  Austin,  etc.  The 
author  was  for  several  years  editor  of  the  Austin  "  Reveille." 

HARTE,  FRANCIS  BRET.  Facsimile  of  the  original  manu- 
script of  the  Heathen  Chinee  as  written  for  the  Overland 
Monthly  by  Francis  Bret  Harte.  Together  with  the  corrected 
letter-press  as  published  in  the  issue  of  1870.  San  Francisco: 
John  H.  Carmany  &  co.,  publishers,  409  Washington  street; 
lith.,  Britton  &  Rey,  [1871].  8  L  8°. 

Lithograph  cover'title,  with  portrait  of  Harte.  Twelve  copies  were 
specially  printed  on  large  paper,  4°.  This  poem  has  been  reprinted  in 
many  forms. 

HARTE,  FRANCIS  BRET.  The  lost  galleon  and  other  tales. 
San  Francisco:  Towne  5? Bacon,  printers,  1867.  x,  (2),  13-108, 
(i)  pp.  12°. 

Rubricated  title.  This  notable  poem  is  here  presented  for  the  first 
time  in  book  form.  It  had  previously  appeared  in  the  newspaper  press 
and  in  the  pamphlet  proceedings  of  the  Alumni  association  of  California. 

H ASKINS,  C.  W.  The  Argonauts  of  California,  being  the  rem- 
iniscences of  scenes  and  incidents  that  occurred  in  California  in 
early  mining  days.  By  a  pioneer.  New  York :  Published  for  the 
author  by  Fords,  Howard  62?  Hulbert,  1890.  501  pp.  Ills.  8°. 
In  addition  to  interesting  accounts  of  early  days,  this  work  is  espe- 
cially valuable  for  its  "Pioneer  index."  Pp.  360-501  contain  the  names 

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of  35,000  pioneers  who  had  arrived  here  by  Dec.  31, 1849.  These  in' 
elude  the  various  pioneer  organizations,  and  also  the  expeditions  by  sea 
and  land,  with  names  of  individuals  and  vessels,  places  of  departure, 
and  dates  of  arrival  in  California. 

HASTINGS,  LANSFORD  W.  A  new  history  of  Oregon  and 
California:  containing  complete  descriptions  of  those  coun- 
tries,  together  with  the  Oregon  treaty  and  correspondence, 
and  a  vast  amount  of  information  relating  to  the  soil,  climate, 
productions,  rivers  and  lakes,  and  the  various  routes  over  the 
Rocky  mountains.  Cincinnati :  Published  by  George  Conclin. 
Stereotyped  by  E.  Shepard,  1849.  168  pp.  Front.  8°. 

HASTINGS,  LANSFORD  W.  The  emigrant's  guide  to  Oregon 
and  California,  containing  scenes  and  incidents  of  a  party  of 
Oregon  emigrants ;  a  description  of  Oregon ;  scenes  and  inci- 
dents of  a  party  of  California  emigrants ;  and  a  description  of 
the  different  routes  to  those  countries;  and  all  necessary  in- 
formation relative  to  the  equipment,  supplies,  and  the  method 
of  traveling.  By  Lansford  W.  Hastings,  leader  of  the  Oregon 
and  California  emigrants  of  1842.  Cincinnati:  Published  by 
George  Conclin,  stereotyped  by  Shepard  6?  co.,  1845.  152 
pp.  8°. 

One  of  the  earliest  works  on  the  overland  route.  Hastings  afterward 
brought  in  other  expeditions. 

HAWES,  HORACE.  Brief  of  argument  on  behalf  of  the  United 
States,  before  the  U.  S.  board  of  land  commissioners  for  Cali- 
fornia, no.  280,  at  the  request  of  the  U.  S.  law  agent.  City  of 
San  Francisco  vs.  the  United  States.  Delivered  May  29,  30, 
31,  and  June  2,  1854.  San  Francisco:  Times  and  Transcript 
steam  presses,  1854.  62  pp.  8°. 
The  famous  "  Pueblo  case." 

HAWES,  HORACE.  The  missions  in  California,  and  the  rights 
of  the  Catholic  church  to  the  property  pertaining  to  them. 

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Argument  before  the  supreme  court  of  California.  San  Fran' 
cisco:  Printed  at  the  Daily  Evening  News  office,  1856.  46  pp. 
Errata  slip.  8°. 

The  case  of  Nobili  vs.  Redman.  Father  John  Nobili,  pastor  of  the 
Catholic  church  of  Santa  Clara,  brought  suit  in  ejectment  to  recover  a 
lot  of  land  known  as  the  orchard  of  Santa  Clara,  which  formerly  con" 
stituted  a  part  of  the  cultivated  lands  pertaining  to  the  mission  of  that 
name.  He  was  nonsuited,  and  an  appeal  was  taken.  This  argument 
presents  in  a  most  masterly  manner  the  legal  rights  of  the  Catholic  mis' 
sions  to  property,  as  drawn  from  Spanish  and  Mexican  law. 

HAZLITT,  WILLIAM  CAREW.  British  Columbia,  and  Van- 
couver  island;  comprising  a  historical  sketch  of  the  British 
settlements  in  the  north-west  coast  of  America ;  and  a  survey 
of  the  physical  character,  capabilities,  climate,  topography,  nat- 
ural history,  geology  and  ethnology  of  that  region.  Compiled 
from  official  and  other  authentic  sources.  London:  G.  Rout- 
ledge  6?  co.,  Farringdon  street.  New  York :  18  Beekman  street, 
1858.  viii,  248  pp.  Map.  16°. 

Made  up  principally  of  extracts  from  various  sources,  carefully  and 
well  selected. 

HAZLITT,  WILLIAM  CAREW.  The  great  gold  fields  of  Cari- 
boo; with  an  authentic  description,  brought  down  to  the 
latest  period  of  British  Columbia  and  Vancouver  island.  With 
an  accurate  map.  London :  Routledge,  Warne,  and  Routledge, 
Farringdon  street,  1862.  viii,  184  pp.  Fold.  map.  16°. 

HEAD,  TRUMAN.  Hope  of  civilisation  yet  to  be.  With  direc- 
tions how  to  take  beaver,  otter,  6s?c.  &c.  By  Truman  Head, 
alias  "  California  Joe."  San  Francisco :  1867.  200  pp.  8°. 

The  work  of  a  noted  hunter  and  trapper.  He  discloses  that  curious 
attitude  toward  many  features  of  society  not  incompatible  with  one 
whose  life  was  spent  largely  amid  the  solitudes  of  nature. 

HEALY,  PATRICK].,  andNG  POON  CHEW.  A  statement  for 
non-exclusion.  San  Francisco:  November,  190 5.  6, 255  pp.  PL  8°. 

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Entirely  pro-Chinese.  The  most  valuable  contribution  to  the  history 
of  the  unpopular  side  that  has  yet  appeared.  Mr.  Healy  was  intimately 
acquainted  with  the  leaders  of  several  radical  movements,  and  for  many 
years  had  been  a  close  observer  of  the  cause  and  effect  of  this  most 
important  phase  of  our  economic  history.  His  associate,  Mr.  Ng  Poon 
Chew,  has  for  many  years  edited  the  leading  Chinese  newspaper  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

HEAP,  GWINN  HARRIS.  Central  route  to  the  Pacific;  from 
the  valley  of  the  Mississippi  to  California,  journal  of  the  ex- 
pedition  of  E.  F.  Beale,  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs  in  Cali- 
fornia, and  Gwinn  Harris  Heap,  from  Missouri  to  California, 
in  1853.  Philadelphia:  Lippincott,  Grambo  and  co.,  1854.  136 
pp.  13  tinted  lithogr.  pis.  8°. 

Some  copies  contain  a  large  folding  map. 

HELPER,  HINTON  ROWAN.  The  land  of  gold.  Reality  ver- 
sus fiction.  Baltimore :  Printed  for  the  author,  by  Henry  Tay 
lor,  Sun  iron  building,  1855.  xii,  13-300  pp.  12°. 

Helper's  book  was  written  in  1854,  after  California  had  seen  the 
steady  growth  of  five  years.  It  presents  in  an  attractive  form  one  of  the 
best  accounts  we  have  of  early  San  Francisco,  especially  as  regards  its 
street  life  by  day  and  night.  One  chapter  on  this  city  he  closes  unblush- 
ingly  with  the  charming  remark  ( still  true  after  a  lapse  of  sixty  years ) 
that  "It  is  my  unbiased  opinion  that  California  can  and  does  furnish 
the  best  bad  things  that  are  obtainable  in  America." 

HERMAN,  WILLIAM,  PSEUD.  The  dance  of  death.  San  Fran- 
cisco: Henry  Keller  6-P  co.,  543  Clay  street,  1877.  131  pp. 
(61.)  16°. 

The  six  leaves  at  the  end  contain  "The  author  to  the  public,"  and 
"  Opinions  of  the  press."  This  work,  famous  in  its  time,  has  been  ascribed 
to  several  authors,  William  Henry  Rulofson  and  T.  Arundel  Harcourt 
being  of  the  number.  Latterly  it  appears  to  be  an  accepted  fact  that 
Ambrose  Bierce  was  intimately  concerned  in  its  production. 

HERON,  MATILDA.  Flowers  for  genius  gathered  on  the  shores 
of  the  Pacific.  San  Francisco:  Privately  printed,  1854.  8°. 

107 


Accounts  of  the  Calif ornian  tour  in  1854  of  this  famous  actress,  with 
extracts  from  newspaper  notices. 

HEYLYN,  PETER.  Cosmographie  in  four  books,  containing  the 
chorographie  and  historic  of  the  whole  world,  and  all  the  prin- 
cipal  kingdoms,  provinces,  seas,  and  isles  thereof.  With  an  ac- 
curate  and  an  approved  index  of  all  the  kingdoms,  provinces, 
countries,  inhabitants,  people,  cities,  mountains,  rivers,  seas, 
islands,  forts,  bayes,  capes,  forests,  6?c.  of  any  remarque  in  the 
-whole  world:  much  wanted  and  desired  in  the  former,  and 
now  annexed  to  this  last  impression,  revised  and  corrected  by 
the  author  himself  immediately  before  his  death.  London: 
Printed  for  Anne  Seile:  and  are  to  be  sold  by  George  Saw 
bridg,  Thomas  Williams,  Henry  Brown,  Thomas  Basset,  and 
Richard  Chiswell,  1669.  Leaf  of  imprimatur,  engr.  title,  rubri- 
cated title,  4  1.  271,  (2),  226,  230,  162  pp.  20  1.  Maps.  F°. 

This  famous  work  has  passed  through  many  editions.  It  is  divided 
into  four  books,  part  of  the  last  being  devoted  to  America  and  Terra 
Australis  incognita.  California  is  described  in  book  IV,  pp.  102-105. 
Four  folding  maps  accompany  the  work,  one  being  of  America,  on  which 
California  is  shown  as  an  island. 

HINES,  GUSTAVE.  Life  on  the  plains  of  the  Pacific.  Oregon: 
its  history,  condition  and  prospects :  containing  a  description 
of  the  geography,  climate  and  productions  with  personal  ad- 
ventures among  the  Indians  during  a  residence  of  the  author 
on  the  plains  bordering  the  Pacific  while  connected  with  the 
Oregon  mission ;  embracing  a  voyage  around  the  world.  Buf- 
falo: Geo.  H.  Derby  and  co.,  1851.  viii,  9-437  pp.  Port.  12°. 

The  author  has  gathered  into  this  volume  a  large  fund  of  personal 
reminiscences,  with  much  information  upon  the  early  history  of  Oregon. 

HINES,  GUSTAVUS.  Oregon  and  its  institutions ;  comprising 
a  full  history  of  the  Willamette  university,  the  first  established 
on  the  Pacific  coast.  With  four  engravings.  New  York :  Carl- 
ton  6?  Porter,  [1868].  326pp.  Port.  Ills.  12°. 

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The  author,  a  clergyman,  arrived  in  Oregon  in  1840,  and  in  1842  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  institution  of  which  the  history  is  here  given. 

HINTON,  RICHARD  J.  The  hand-book  to  Arizona:  its  re- 
sources, history,  towns,  mines,  ruins  and  scenery.  Accom- 
panied with  a  new  map  of  the  territory.  San  Francisco :  Payot, 
Upham  6?  co.,  1878.  431,  ci  pp.  Pis.  Maps.  Ills.  12°. 

Standard  work.  The  large  folding  map  is  usually  found  in  a  separate 
uniform  cover.  One  of  the  smaller  maps  is  a  reproduction  of  the  map 
of  the  journey  of  Pedro  Font  from  Monterey  to  San  Francisco  in  1775-76, 
and  the  Garces  expedition,  which  he  accompanied.  Pp.  li-liv  contain  a 
bibliography  of  Arizona. 

HISTOIRE  CHRETIENNE  DE  LA  CALIFORNIE  par  Ma- 
dame la  comtesse  de  *  *  *  .  Plancy :  Societe  de  Saint- Victor, 
pour  la  propagation  des  bons  livres  et  des  arts  catholiques, 
1851.  (2),  289,  2  pp.  12°. 

From  its  simplicity,  this  little  work  would  appear  to  have  been  writ- 
ten for  the  use  of  schools. 

HISTORIA  CRISTIANA  DE  LA  CALIFORNIA.  Obra  tra- 
ducida  al  espanol  para  el  Domingo,  por  el  lie.  D.  German 
Madrid  y  Ormaecbea.  Mexigo  [sic] :  Impenta  [sic]  de  Pedro 
Murguia,  1864.  238  pp.  5  1.  12°. 

Translated  from  the  French  edition  of  1851. 

HISTORY  OF  A  GREAT  WORK  AND  OF  AN  HONEST 
MINER.  Respectfully  dedicated  to  Mr.  Harrison,  President 
of  the  United  States,  in  memory  of  the  "Red-letter  day"  of 
Apr.  27,  1891.  [n.  p.,  n.  d.]  72  pp.,  and  appendix,  leaves  let- 
tered, A-X.  Port.  Facs.  4°. 

Relates  to  Adolph  Sutro  and  the  Sutro  tunnel. 

HISTORY  OF  THE  CELEBRATION  OF  THE  FIFTIETH 
ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE  TAKING  POSSESSION  OF 
CALIFORNIA  and  raising  of  the  American  flag  at  Monterey, 
CaL,  by  Commodore  John  Drake  Sloat,  U.  S.  N.,  July  7th, 

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1846,  held  .  .  .  at  Monterey,  California,  July  7^,1896.  Also  of 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  raising  of  the  American  flag  at 
San  Francisco,  California,  July  9th,  1846,  by  Captain  James  B. 
Montgomery,  U.  S.  N.,  commanding  the  U.  S.  sloop  of  war, 
Portsmouth,  held  July  9th,  1896,  preceded  by  the  account  of 
the  celebration  of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  raising  of  the 
Bear  flag  at  Sonoma,  California,  June  i4th,  1846,  held  Saturday, 
June  i  jth,  1896.  Oakland,  Cal. :  Carruth  6P  Carruth,  1896. 
55,  (i)  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  8°. 

Prepared  by  direction  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Associated 
Veterans  of  the  Mexican  war. 

HISTORY  OF  THE  JOINT  ANNIVERSARY  CELEBRA- 
TION AT  MONTEREY,  CAL.,  of  the  noth  anniversary 
of  American  independence  and  the  4oth  anniversary  of  the 
taking  possession  of  California  and  the  raising  of  the  Ameri- 
can flag  at  Monterey  by  Commodore  John  D.  Sloat  of  the  U.  S. 
navy,  July  7,  1846,  the  celebration  being  held  Monday,  July 
5,  1886.  [San  Francisco] :  Published  by  the  Fraternal  publish- 
ing company,  252  Market  street,  [1886].  32  pp.  Port.  Ills.  8°. 

Pp.  13-21  contain  a  historical  oration  delivered  on  the  occasion  by 
Major  Edwin  A.  Sherman. 

HITTELL,  JOHN  SHIRTZER.  A  brief  statement  of  the  moral 
and  legal  merits  of  the  claim  made  by  Jose  Y.  Limantour  to 
15,000  acres  of  land,  in  the  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco. 
San  Francisco :  Whitton,Towne  &  co.,  printers,  Excelsior  steam 
presses,  151  Clay  street,  near  Montgomery,  1857.  4°  PP-  Fold, 
map.  8°. 

This  statement  is  a  masterly  argument,  and  one  of  the  very  few,  other 
than  legal,  in  favor  of  the  claimant.  The  map  shows  the  claims  of  Lim- 
antour and  others. 

HITTELL,  JOHN  SHIRTZER.  The  commerce  and  industries 
of  the  Pacific  coast  of  North  America,  comprising  the  rise, 

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progress,  products,  present  condition,  and  prospects  of  the  use' 
ful  arts  on  the  western  side  of  our  continent  .  .  .  with  men' 
tion  of  leading  establishments  and  prominent  men  in  various 
departments  of  business.  San  Francisco:  A.  L.  Bancroft  6?co., 
publishers,  1882.  819  pp.  Pis.  Fold.  maps.  4°. 

Includes  the  entire  coast  to  the  Rocky  mountains,  from  Mexico  to 
Alaska. 

HITTELL,  JOHN  SHIRTZER.  Evidences  against  Christianity. 
San  Francisco :  1856.  190  pp.  12°. 

An  edition  appeared  in  New  York  the  year  following.  Later,  regret' 
ting  this  work,  the  author  rigidly  suppressed  it,  and  very  few  copies  are 
extant. 

HITTELL,  JOHN  SHIRTZER.  A  history  of  the  city  of  San 
Francisco,  and  incidentally  of  the  state  of  California.  San  Fran' 
cisco:  A.  L.  Bancroft  6?  company,  1878.  498  pp.  8°. 

The  most  reliable  and  standard  authority  that  has  yet  appeared  upon 
the  period  it  includes.  It  was  written  in  commemoration  of  the  centen' 
nial  of  the  United  States,  1876. 

HITTELL,  JOHN  SHIRTZER.  Marshall's  gold  discovery.  A 
lecture  (the  fourth  of  the  sixth  annual  course  of  Lick  lectures) 
by  John  S.  Hittell,  delivered  before  the  Society  of  California 
Pioneers,  in  Pioneer  hall,  San  Francisco,  on  the  24th  of  Janu' 
ary,  1893,  the  45th  anniversary  of  the  discovery.  San  Fran' 
cisco :  B.  F.  Sterett,  book  and  job  printer,  532  Clay  street,  1893. 
20  pp.  Facs.  8°. 

The  date  of  the  discovery  of  gold  by  Marshall  had  long  been  in  con' 
troversy.  In  this  address  it  has  been  definitely  and  finally  established  as 
Jan.  24, 1848. 

HITTELL,  JOHN  SHIRTZER.  The  resources  of  California. 
Third  edition.  San  Francisco :  A.  Roman  and  company,  New 
York:  W.  J.  Widdleton,  1867.  vii,  xv,  xi'xvi,  462  pp.  8°. 

With  this  edition,  issued  for  a  special  purpose,  are  signed  affidavits 
to  the  effect  that  this  book  is  entirely  Californian.  The  materials,  paper, 

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A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

cardboard,  thread,  morocco,  etc.,  were  all  of  Califbrnian  production  and 
manufacture.  The  first  edition  appeared  in  1863,  and  the  volume  has 
been  reissued  a  number  of  times. 

HITTELL,  JOHN  SHIRTZER.  Yosemite:  its  wonders  and  its 
beauties.  With  information  adapted  to  the  wants  of  tourists 
about  to  visit  the  valley.  Illustrated  with  twenty  photographic 
views  taken  by  "  Helios,"  and  a  map  of  the  valley.  San  Fran- 
cisco: H.  H.  Bancroft  6?  company,  609  Montgomery  St.,  1868. 
viii,  9-59  pp.  Pis.  Maps.  12°. 

"  Helios "  was  a  signature  sometimes  used  by  E.  J.  Muybridge,  the 
famous  photographer.  This  little  work  is  rare,  the  edition  having  been 
small. 

HITTELL,  THEODORE  HENRY.  The  adventures  of  James 
Capen  Adams,  mountaineer  and  grimly  bear  hunter  of  Cali- 
fornia.  San  Francisco:  Towne  6?  Bacon,  1861.  378  pp.  Pis. 
Port.  12°. 

Probably  the  most  popular  work  of  its  time  issued  in  California.  The 
illustrations,  twelve  in  number,  are  by  Charles  Nahl,  among  which  is 
one  of  the  famous  grimly, "  Samson."  Some  copies  bear  a  Boston  im- 
print, and  an  edition,  greatly  abridged,  was  issued  in  small  pamphlet 
form. 

HITTELL,  THEODORE  HENRY.  George  Bancroft  and  his 
services  to  California.  Memorial  address  delivered  May  12, 
1891,  before  the  California  Historical  society.  San  Francisco: 
Published  by  the  California  Historical  society,  1893.  20  pp.  8°. 

Forms  the  fourth  and  last  of  the  publications  of  this  society.  Mr. 
Bancroft  became  secretary  of  the  navy  in  1845,  under  President  Polk. 
This  brochure  contains  his  letters  of  instruction  to  Commodore  Sloat 
regarding  the  conquest  of  California. 

HITTELL,  THEODORE  HENRY.  History  of  California.  San 
Francisco :  Pacific  Press  publishing  house  and  Occidental  pub- 
lishing co.,  1885.  4  vols.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xxxvi,  799  pp.  II,  xli,  823  pp. 
N.  J.  Stone  &P  co.,  1897.  Vol.  Ill,  xli,  981  pp.  IV,  xli,  858  pp. 

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The  best  history  of  California  within  reasonable  proportions.  The 
accuracy  of  its  author  is  well  known,  and  the  individual  who  inclines 
to  history  will  find  it  readable.  It  has  little  in  common  with  the  larger 
work  of  Mr.  H.  H.  Bancroft ;  so  comparison  is  not  made.  It  presents 
one  singular  anomaly  which  could  neither  be  foreseen  nor  avoided.  In 
the  earlier  half  of  his  work,  Mr.  Hittell  used  very  extensively  for  his 
sources  of  history  the  archives  of  California,  which  were  in  the  office 
of  the  United  States  surveyor-general  in  San  Francisco.  These  were 
completely  destroyed  in  the  great  fire  of  1906,  thereby  rendering  the 
possibility  of  verification  of  such  references  almost  hopeless.  The  work 
has  been  adversely  criticized  for  some  reflections  upon  the  missionaries, 
but  notwithstanding  such  comments  its  value  is  unimpaired. 

HOFFMAN,  OGDEN  District  court  of  the  United  States, 
northern  district  of  California.  Opinion  delivered  by  his  honor 
Ogden  Hoffman,  U.  S.  district  judge,  in  the  cases  of  Jose  Y. 
Limantour,  nos.  424  and  429,  claiming  four  leagues  of  land  in 
San  Francisco  county,  and  adjacent  islands.  San  Francisco,  No- 
vember  19, 1858.  San  Francisco:  Frank  Eastman,  printer, Frank- 
lin office,  1858.  58  pp.  8°. 

Cover-title.  A  scholarly  review  of  this  famous  case.  The  decision 
was  unfavorable  to  Limantour,  and  the  claim  was  rejected. 

HOLINSKI,  ALEXANDRE  JEAN  JOACHIM.  La  Californie 
et  les  routes  interoceaniques.  Bruxelles :  A  Labroue  et  com- 
pagnie,  imprimeurs,  1855.  x  pp.  i  1.  414  pp.  12°. 

Pages  101-2,12  relate  to  California.  According  to  his  own  statement, 
the  author  was  an  American  citizen.  He  has  treated  his  subject  with 
ability. 

HOLMES,  EUGENIA  KELLOGG.  AdolphSutro.  A  brief  story 
of  a  brilliant  life.  Illustrated  by  Carl  Dahlgren.  San  Francisco : 
Engraved  and  published  by  the  press  of  San  Francisco  photo- 
engraving co.,  1895.  56  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  16°. 

Written  and  published  while  Mr.  Sutro  was  mayor  of  San  Francisco. 

HONCHARENKO,  AGAPIUS.  Russian  and  English  phrase 
book,  specially  prepared  for  the  use  of  traders,  travellers  and 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

teachers.  San  Francisco:  A.  Roman  6?  company;  17  Mercer 
street,  New  York,  1867.  IO°  PP-  I2°- 

In  Russian  and  English  characters.  Prepared  probably  to  meet  the 
necessities  of  trade  in  Alaska.  According  to  the  preface,  this  is  the  first 
publication  of  a  Russian  book  in  the  United  States. 

HOPKINS,  RUFUS  C.  Digest  of  Mexican  laws,  circulars  and 
decrees  in  the  archives  of  Upper  California.  Compiled  by  R. 
C.Hopkins,  keeper  of  the  archives.  San  Francisco :  O'Meara&P 
Painter,  book  and  job  printers,  132  Clay  street,  1858.  1 1 2  pp.  8°. 

Prepared  for,  and  used  in  connection  with,  the  case  of  the  United 
States  vs.  Limantour. 

HOPKINS,  SARAH  WINNEMUCC A.  Life  among  the  Piutes : 
their  wrongs  and  claims.  Edited  by  Mrs.  Horace  Mann,  and 
printed  for  the  author.  Boston :  For  sale  by  Cupples,  Upham 
6?  co.;  G.  P.  Putnam's  sons,  New  York;  and  by  the  author, 
1883.  268  pp.  12°. 

Sarah  Winnemucca  was  the  daughter  of  Chief  Winnemucca,  the 
head  of  the  Piute  tribe.  Her  book  contains  much  concerning  the  life 
and  traditions  of  these  people,  and  a  concise  account  of  the  Bannock 
war  of  1878,  in  which  she  acted  as  interpreter  during  the  campaign  of 
Gen.  O.  O.  Howard. 

HORN,  HOSEA  B.  Horn's  overland  guide  from  the  U.  S.  Indian 
subagency,  Council  Bluffs,  on  the  Missouri  river,  to  the  city 
of  Sacramento,  in  California.  New  York :  Published  by  J.  H. 
Colton,  no.  86  Cedar  street,  1852.  iv,  (2),  7-83  pp.  Fold, 
map.  1 6°. 

A  small  work  highly  useful  in  its  time.  It  is  in  itinerary  form,  and  of 
interest,  as  showing  how  minutely  observations  had  been  made  at  al- 
most every  mile  of  the  tedious  and  frequently  dangerous  route. 

HOTCHKISS,  CHARLES  F.  On  the  ebb:  a  few  log-lines  from 
an  old  salt.  New  Haven:  Tuttle,  Morehouse  &  Taylor,  printers, 
1878.  127  pp.  12°. 

"California  in  1849,"  PP-  82-108. 

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HOWE,  CHARLES  E.  B.  A  dramatic  play  entitled  Joaquin 
Murietta  de  Castillo,  the  celebrated  bandit.  In  five  acts.  San 
Francisco :  Commercial  book  and  job  steam  printing  establish- 
ment, 127  and  129  Sansome  street,  1858.  42  pp.  8°. 

In  this  remarkable  production  Murieta  is  painted  as  a  hero  who  passes 
unstained  through  the  butcheries  that  take  place  around  him. 

HUDSON,  WILLIAM  HENRY.  The  famous  missions  of  Cali- 
fornia. With  sketches  in  color  by  W.  H.  Bull,  and  many  other 
illustrations.  New  York :  Dodge  publishing  company,  40  West 
Thirteenth  street,  [1901].  70  pp.  Pis.  Map.  4°. 

First  edition.  Eighteen  plates  are  given,  two  of  which  are  in  color. 

HUGHES,  ELIZABETH.  The  California  of  the  Padres;  or  foot- 
prints of  ancient  communism.  San  Francisco:  Published  by 
I.  N.  Choynski,  corner  Second  and  Jessie  sts.,  1875.  i  1.  41 
pp.  8°. 

Treats  of  the  transition  of  California  from  Jesuit  to  Franciscan.  This 
tract  is  not  without  its  features  of  importance ;  but  the  proof-reader 
lacked  both  inspiration  and  erudition,  and  some  of  the  results  are  vio- 
lently atrocious. 

HUGHES,  JOHN  T.  California :  its  history,  population,  climate, 
soil,  productions  and  harbors.  An  account  of  the  revolution 
in  California  and  conquest  of  the  country  by  the  United  States. 
Cincinnati :  Published  by  J.  A.,  6?U.  P.James,  1849.  144  pp.  12°. 
A  second  issue,  with  identical  contents,  appeared  in  1850.  Both  are 
somewhat  uncommon. 

HUGHES,  JOHN  T.  Doniphan's  expedition ;  containing  an  ac- 
count of  the  conquest  of  New  Mexico ;  General  Kearney's 
overland  expedition  to  California ;  Doniphan's  campaign  against 
the  Navajos;  his  unparalleled  march  upon  Chihuahua  and 
Durango ;  and  the  operations  of  General  Price  at  Santa  Fe. 
With  a  sketch  of  the  life  of  Col.  Doniphan.  Cincinnati :  Pub- 
lished by  J.  A,  6P  U.  P.  James,  1850.  xii,  13-407.  Maps.  Ports. 
Ills.  8°. 

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Best  edition.  The  original  edition,  issued  in  pictorial  paper  covers  in 
8°,  was  published  in  Cincinnati  in  1847.  The  portraits  are  of  Doniphan 
and  Price.  The  account  of  the  operations  of  Gen.  Kearny  and  others 
in  California  is  concise  and  one  of  the  best  of  that  period.  Hughes,  a 
member  of  the  First  regiment  of  Missouri  cavalry,  accompanied  Doni' 
phan  in  the  expedition. 

HUMBOLDT,  (FRIEDRICH  WILHELM  HEINRICH)  AL- 
EXANDER. Political  essay  on  the  kingdom  of  New  Spain, 
containing  researches  relative  to  the  geography  of  Mexico,  the 
extent  of  its  surface  and  its  political  division  into  intendan- 
cies  .  .  .  and  the  military  defence  of  New  Spain.  With  physi- 
cal  sections  and  maps.  Translated  from  the  original  French 
by  John  Black.  London:  Printed  for  Longmans,  etc.,  1811.  4 
vols.  Maps.  Sections.  8°.  i  atlas.  F°. 

Contains  references  to  the  early  explorations  of  California.  Published 
in  other  editions  and  several  languages. 

HUNT,  T.  DWIGHT.  Sermon  suggested  by  the  execution  of 
Jenkins  on  the  plasa  by  "  the  people  "  of  San  Francisco  during 
the  night  of  the  loth  of  June,  1851.  By  T.  Dwight  Hunt,  pas- 
tor  of  the  First  Congregational  church.  San  Francisco :  Pub' 
lished  by  Marvin  6?  Hitchcock,  importers  of  books  and  sta- 
tionery, Montgomery  street,  near  Clay,  1851.  26  pp.  12°. 

John  Jenkins,  a  "  Sydney  man,"  was  the  first  to  receive  extreme  pun- 
ishment at  the  hands  of  the  Vigilance  committee  of  1851. 

HUNTER,  GEORGE.  Reminiscences  of  an  old  timer.  A  recital 
of  the  actual  events,  incidents,  trials,  hardships,  vicissitudes, 
adventures,  perils  and  escapes  of  a  pioneer,  hunter,  miner,  and 
scout  of  the  Pacific  northwest,  together  with  his  later  experi- 
ences in  official  and  business  capacity,  and  a  brief  description 
of  the  resources,  beauty,  and  advantages  of  the  new  northwest, 
the  several  Indian  wars,  anecdotes,  etc.  San  Francisco :  H.  S. 
Crocker  and  company,  stationers  and  printers,  1887.  xxv,  454 
pp.  Pis.  Port.  12°. 

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The  title  has  been  slightly  abridged,  but  as  it  is,  it  is  completely  satis' 
fying.  If  the  contents  which  follow  be  true,  or  even  but  partially  so,  the 
mere  recollection  of  such  experiences  must  have  been  to  the  narrator 
like  the  harrowing  details  of  a  nightmare. 

[HUNTLEY,  HENRY  V.]  California:  its  gold  and  its  inhabi- 
tants. London:  Thomas  Cautley  Newby,  publisher,  1856.  2 
vols.  12°.  Vol.  I,  303  pp.  II,  286  pp. 

Entertaining  reading,  tinctured  occasionally  by  the  mild  sarcasm  of 
an  English  baronet,  whose  dignity  sometimes  encountered  a  severe  shock. 

HUTCHINGS,  JAMES  M.  In  the  heart  of  the  Sierras,  the  Yo- 
semite  valley,  both  historical  and  descriptive ;  with  scenes  by 
the  way.  Big  Tree  grove,  the  High  Sierra,  with  its  magnificent 
scenery,  ancient  and  modern  glaciers,  and  other  objects  of  in' 
terest,  with  tables  of  distances  and  altitudes,  maps,  etc.  Pro' 
fusely  illustrated.  Published  at  the  Old  Cabin,  Yosemite  valley, 
and  at  the  Pacific  Press  publishing  house,  Oakland,  CaL,  1886. 
xii,  13^496  pp.  Pis.  Fold.  maps.  8°. 

An  extensive  and  important  production.  Mr.  Hutchings  better  than 
any  other  writer  knew  his  subject  from  the  experience  of  many  years 
spent  in  the  valley. 

HUTCHINGS,  JAMES  M.  The  miners'  ten  commandments. 
San  Francisco:  J.  M.  Hutchings,  2221  California  street,  [1887]. 
8  pp.  16°. 

Pictorial  cover'title.  This  famous  earlyday  "decalogue"  was  written 
and  first  published  in  the  "Placerville  Herald,"  in  1853,  and  subsequently 
was  frequently  printed  in  single'sheet  form,  of  which  nearly  200,000 
copies  were  circulated.  This  is  believed  to  be  the  only  separate  issue 
in  book  form.  The  "commandments"  contain  much  homely  sense  ex' 
pressed  in  humorous  manner. 

HUTCHINGS,  JAMES  M.  Scenes  of  wonder  and  curiosity  in 
California.  Illustrated  by  105  well  executed  engravings.  San 
Francisco:  Published  by  J.  M.  Hutchings  6?  co.,  1862.  267  pp. 
Ills.  8°. 

The  best  of  the  numerous  editions  of  this  widely  known  work. 

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[IDE,  SIMEON.]  [Scraps  of  California  history  never  before 
published.]  A  biographical  sketch  of  the  life  of  William  B.  Ide : 
with  a  minute  and  interesting  account  of  one  of  the  largest 
emigrating  companies,  (3000  miles  overland),  from  the  east  to 
the  Pacific  coast.  And  what  is  claimed  as  the  most  authentic 
and  reliable  account  of  "  the  virtual  conquest  of  California,  in 
June,  1846,  by  the  Bear  Flag  party,"  as  given  by  its  leader,  the 
late  Hon.  William  Brown  Ide.  Published  for  the  subscribers. 
[Claremont,  N.  H. :  1880.]  (i),  239,  (i)  pp.  16°. 

William  B.  Ide,  the  leader  of  the  Bear  Flag  movement  at  Sonoma,  has 
received  criticisms  from  many  sources,  but  according  to  Hubert  Howe 
Bancroft  he  was  a  worthy  and  honest  man.  His  death  occurred  in 
California  in  1852.  This  work  was  set  in  type  by  Simeon  Ide  when  in 
his  86th  year.  Having  apparently  been  issued  amid  difficulties,  only  a 
small  number  was  printed  and  the  work  is  scarce. 

IDE,  WILLIAM  BROWN.  Who  conquered  California?  Read 
the  following  pages  and  then  you  will  know ;  for  they  contain 
the  most  authentic,  and  the  most  reliable  history  of  the  con- 
quest of  California,  in  June  1846,  by  the  "Bear  Flag  party," 
ever  before  published.  Written  by  its  organizer  and  leader,  the 
late  Hon.  William  Brown  Ide.  Claremont,  N.  H. :  Printed  and 
sold  by  Simeon  Ide,  [1880].  137,  8,  (2)  pp.  16°. 
Contains  but  little  not  to  be  found  in  his  biography. 

THE  ILLUSTRATED  DIRECTORY.  A  magazine  of  Ameri- 
can cities,  comprising  views  of  business  blocks,  with  reference 
to  owners,  occupants,  professions  and  trades,  public  buildings 
and  private  residences.  Vol.  I,  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco, 
Chicago,  New  York :  Published  by  the  Illustrated  Directory 
company,  E.  S.  Glover,  manager,  809  Market  street,  1894' 189  5. 

Complete  in  eleven  parts,  that  were  issued  monthly.  A  valuable  and 
interesting  record  of  the  business  portion  of  the  city  as  it  existed  in 
1894.  The  buildings  in  each  block  are  panoramically  shown,  architec- 
turally correct,  and  carefully  drawn.  The  streets  included  are  Kearny, 

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Montgomery,  Market  ( from  the  water-front  to  Tenth  street),  Sansome, 
Battery,  Front,  and  the  intersecting  streets.  Each  part  consists  of  from 
1 6  to  20  pages. 

INSTRUCCION  FORMADA  EN  VIRTUD  DE  REAL  OR- 
DEN  DE  S.  M.,  que  se  dirige  al  Sefior  Comandante  General 
de  Provincias  internas  Don  Jacobo  Ugarte  y  Loyola  para  go- 
bierno  y  puntual  observancia  de  este  superior  gefe  y  de  sus 
immediatos  subalternos.  [At  end]:  Mexico:  26  de  agosto  de 
1786'  El  Conde  de  Galves.  56  pp.  F°. 

No  title.  Includes  the  Californias.  A  series  of  detailed  instructions  for 
the  government  of  the  Indians  of  the  various  provinces,  with  special 
regulations  for  each. 

INSTRUCCIONES  QUE  LOS  VIRREYES  DE  NUEVA  ES- 
PANA  DEJARON  A  SUS  SUCESORES.  Afiadense  algunas 
que  los  mismos  trajeron  de  la  corte  y  otros  documentos  seme' 
jantes  a  las  instrucciones.  Mexico:  1867.  317, 2pp.  Chart.  F°. 
Those  of  D.  Manuel  Flores,  1789;  Virrey  Marquis  de  Branciforte, 
1797;  and  Sr.  Marquina,  1803,  contain  many  references  to  California. 

IRVING,  WASHINGTON.  Astoria,  or  anecdotes  of  an  enter- 
prise  beyond  the  Rocky  mountains.  In  two  volumes.  Phila' 
delphia:  Carey,  Lea  6?  Blanchard,  1836.  Vol.  I,  xii,  285  pp. 
II,  vii,  279  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 
First  edition. 

JACKSON,  HELEN  HUNT.  Glimpses  of  California  and  the 
missions.  With  illustrations  by  Henry  Sandham.  Boston :  Little, 
Brown  6P  company,  1902.  xii,  292  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

First  published  in  1883,  and  afterward  reprinted,  with  some  sketches  of 
European  travel,  in  1886,  the  volume  being  entitled  "  Glimpses  of  three 
coasts."  The  Californian  articles  are  now  collected  and  published  sepa- 
rately.  Among  the  contents  are  "  Father  Junipero  and  his  work,"  and 
"  The  present  condition  of  the  mission  Indians  of  southern  California." 

JACKSON,  HELEN  HUNT.  Ramona.  A  story  by  Helen  Jack- 
son, (H.  H.).  Boston:  Roberts  brothers,  1885.  490  pp.  12°. 

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First  edition.  This  charming  picture  of  the  people  and  places  of  this 
Iotus4and  in  its  pastoral  days  is  doubtless  the  most  widely  known  of 
all  wherein  the  early  life  and  scenes  of  California  have  been  portrayed. 

JAMES,  GEORGE  WHARTON.  In  and  out  of  the  old  missions 
of  California.  An  historical  and  pictorial  history  of  the  Fran- 
ciscan missions.  With   142  illustrations  from  photographs. 
Boston:  Little,  Brown  and  company,  1905.  xx,  392  pp.  Pis.  8°. 
One  of  the  best  works  dealing  with  this  subject. 

JAMES,  GEORGE  WHARTON.  Indian  basketry.  With  360 
illustrations.  Second  edition  revised  and  enlarged.  Privately 
printed  for  the  author.  Pasadena,  Cal. :  1902.  274  pp.  Ills.  8°. 
Chiefly  of  the  Indians  of  southern  California  and  the  southwest. 

JAMES,  GEORGE  WHARTON.  Old  missions  and  mission  In- 
dians of  California.  Los  Angeles:  B.  R.  Baumgardt  6?  co.,  1895. 
124  pp.  Ills.  12°. 
An  early  historical  production  of  this  popular  writer. 

JENKINS,  JAMES  GILBERT.  Life  and  confessions  of  James 
Gilbert  Jenkins,  the  murderer  of  eighteen  men.  Phonographi- 
cally  reported  and  arranged  for  the  press  by  R.  E.  Wood, 
containing  an  account  of  the  murder  of  eight  white  men  and 
ten  Indians;  together  with  the  particulars  of  highway  robberies, 
the  stealing  of  several  horses,  and  numerous  crimes  committed 
in  Missouri,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Virginia,  Arkansas,  Tennessee, 
Texas,  New  Mexico,  Nebraska  and  California :  as  narrated  by 
himself  to  Col.  C.  H.  Allen,  sheriff  of  Napa  county,  while  in 
jail  under  sentence  of  death  for  the  murder  of  Patrick  O'Brien. 
(Published  by  C.  H.  Allen  &  R.  E.  Wood,  Napa  city.)  San 
Francisco :  Printed  by  William  P.  Harrison  6§?  co.,  no.  247  Clay 
street,  1864.  56  pp.  Port.  111.  8°. 

The  dispensation  of  justice  in  that  day  was  not  impeded  by  iniquitous 
technicality,  nor  disturbed  by  false  sentiment.  This  abandoned  wretch 
was  arrested  Jan.  19, 1864,  and  hanged  on  March  18  of  the  same  year. 

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JESSOP,  GEORGE  H.  Judge  Lynch.  A  romance  of  the  Cali- 
fornia vineyards.  Chicago,  New  York  and  San  Francisco :  Bel' 
ford,  Clarke  6P  co.,  publishers,  [1889].  232  pp.  12°. 

JEWITT,  JOHN  RODGERS.  A  journal  kept  at  Nootka  sound 
by  John  R.  Jewitt,  one  of  the  surviving  crew  of  the  ship 
Boston,  of  Boston,  John  Salter,  commander,  who  was  massa' 
cred  on  22d  of  March,  1803 ;  interspersed  with  some  account 
of  the  natives,  their  manners  and  customs.  Boston :  Printed 
for  the  author,  1807.  48  pp.  12°. 

The  earliest  printed  account  of  the  remarkable  adventures  of  Jewitt, 
and  differing  entirely  from  the  later  editions.  Rare. 

JEWITT,  JOHN  RODGERS.  A  narrative  of  the  adventures 
and  sufferings  of  John  R.  Jewitt,  only  survivor  of  the  crew 
of  the  ship  Boston  during  a  captivity  of  nearly  three  years 
among  the  savages  of  Nootka  sound,  with  an  account  of  the 
manners,  mode  of  living  and  religious  opinions  of  the  natives. 
Middletown:  Printed  by  Loomis  6?  Richards,  1815.  203  pp. 
2  pis.  12°. 

This  narrative  of  Jewitt's  captivity  was  written  by  Richard  Alsop, 
of  Middletown,  Connecticut,  and  is  the  first  edition.  It  was  reprinted 
many  times  in  various  forms,  some  of  which  are  quite  rare. 

JOAQUIN,  (THE  CLAUDE  DUVAL  OF  CALIFORNIA): 

or  the  marauder  of  the  mines.  A  romance  founded  on  fact. 
New  York:  Robert  M.  DeWitt,  publisher,  33  Rose  street, 
[1865].  160  pp.  8°. 

Of  the  life  and  misdeeds  of  Joaquin  Murieta  there  is  no  uncertainty, 
and  his  entire  career  was  consistently  ensanguined,  as  was  properly  be' 
fitting  such  a  character.  He  was  in  many  respects  little  more  than  a 
coarse  cutthroat,  and  the  comparison  with  Claude  Duval  is  not  partic' 
ularly  a  happy  one,  although  both  were  violently  antagonistic  to  law 
and  order.  Murieta,  however,  has  been  the  great  name  with  which  to 
conjure,  as  this  narrative  is  as  spectacular  and  becrimsoned  as  the  life 
itself  of  this  great  performer  upon  the  tragic  stage  of  early  California. 

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JOHNSON,  OVERTON,  and  WINTER,  WILLIAM  H.  Route 
across  the  Rocky  mountains,  with  a  description  of  Oregon 
and  California;  their  geographical  features,  their  resources, 
soil,  climate,  productions,  etc.  etc.  By  Overton  Johnson  and 
Wm.  H.  Winter,  of  the  emigration  of  1843.  Lafayette,  Ind.: 
John  B.  Semans,  printer,  1846.  viii,  9-152  pp.  8°. 

One  of  the  rarest  of  the  narratives  of  early  overland  travel.  It  ap' 
pears  to  have  escaped  the  notice  of  Mr.  H.  H.  Bancroft. 

JOHNSON,  SAMUEL  ROOSEVELT.  California:  a  sermon, 
preached  in  St.  John's  church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  on  Sunday, 
February  n,  1849.  New  York:  Stanford  and  Swords,  1849. 
20  pp.  8°. 

Preached  on  the  occasion  of  the  departure  for  California  of  the 
barque  "St.  Mary." 

JOHNSON,  THEODORE  TAYLOR.  California  and  Oregon; 
or  sights  in  the  gold  region,  and  scenes  by  the  way.  With  a 
map  and  illustrations.  Third  edition.  With  an  appendix,  con' 
taining  full  instructions  to  emigrants  by  the  overland  route 
to  Oregon.  By  the  Hon.  Samuel  R.  Thurston,  delegate  to  Con' 
gress  from  that  territory,  also,  particulars  of  the  march  of  the 
regiment  of  U.  S.  riflemen,  in  1849;  together  with  the  Oregon 
land  bill.  Philadelphia:  Lippincott,  Grambo  &  co.,  successors 
to  Grigg,  Elliot  6?  co.,  1851.  xii,  348  pp.  6  pis.  Fold.  map.  12°. 

Superior  in  all  respects  to  the  first  edition.  The  work  has  been  re' 
written  and  enlarged ;  a  map  of  the  gold  mines,  a  colored  frontispiece 
( view  of  San  Francisco ),  and  five  plates  have  been  added. 

JOHNSON,  THEODORE  TAYLOR.  Sights  in  the  gold  region, 
and  scenes  by  the  way.  New  York :  Baker  and  Scribner,  1849. 
xii,  278  pp.  12°. 
First  edition. 

JOHNSTON,  WILLIAM  G.  Experience  of  a  forty-niner.  A 
member  of  the  wagon  train  first  to  enter  California  in  the 

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memorable  year,  1849.  Pittsburgh:  MDCCCXCII.  390  pp.  Pis. 
Fold.  map.  Ports.  8°. 

This  unaffected  narrative,  presented  in  diary  form,  contains  several 
unusual  incidents  in  pioneer  travel. 

JONES,  DANIEL  W.  Forty  years  among  the  Indians.  A  true 
yet  thrilling  narrative  of  the  author's  experiences  among  the 
natives.  Salt  Lake  city,  Utah:  Published  at  the  Juvenile  In- 
stitute office,  1890.  xv,  17-400  pp.  8°. 

The  author  was  known  as  "  Buffalo  Jones."  Some  of  his  adventures 
and  experiences  strongly  remind  the  reader  of  the  ensanguined  Indian 
troubles  of  the  American  colonies  two  centuries  ago. 

JONES,  WILLIAM  CAREY.  Illustrated  history  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California.  "  Westward  the  course  of  empire  takes 
its  way."  San  Francisco :  Published  by  Frank  H.  Dukesmith, 
1895.  413  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  4°. 

Of  this  work  there  was  also  issued  an  edition  de  luxe,  limited  to  300 
copies,  each  of  which  was  signed  by  the  editor,  William  Carey  Jones. 

JONES,  WILLIAM  CAREY.  Land  titles  in  California.  Report 
on  the  subject  of  land  titles  in  California,  made  in  pursuance 
of  instructions  from  the  secretary  of  state  and  the  secretary 
of  the  interior;  together  with  a  translation  of  the  principal 
laws  on  that  subject  and  some  other  papers  relating  thereto. 
Washington:  Gideon  &  co.,  printers,  1850.  60  pp.  8°. 

The  earliest  report  upon  this  gigantic  feature  of  California's  history. 
The  litigation  over  the  private  land  claims  engaged  the  attention  and 
services  of  many  of  the  most  brilliant  jurists  in  the  United  States. 

JONES,  WILLIAM  CAREY.  Letters  in  review  of  Attorney 
General  Black's  report  to  the  President  of  the  United  States 
on  the  subject  of  land  titles  in  California.  San  Francisco :  Com- 
mercial steam  book  and  job  printing  establishment,  1860.  31 
pp.  8°. 

Refers  to  the  Limantour,  Sherrebeck,  and  other  greatly  vexed  claims 
of  that  time. 

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JONES,  WILLIAM  CAREY.  Report  of  the  secretary  of  the 
interior  communicating  a  copy  of  the  report  of  William  Carey 
Jones,  special  agent  to  examine  the  subject  of  land  titles  in 
California.  [Washington,  April  10,  1850.]  3ist  Congress,  ist 
session,  Senate  ex.  doc.  no.  18.  [Washington:  1851.]  136  pp. 
Fold.  map.  8°. 

Contains  many  historical  documents,  and  a  lengthy  list  of  private 
grants  in  California,  as  recorded  in  the  archives,  then  at  Monterey.  The 
literature  of  the  history  of  land  claims  in  California  is  extremely  volu' 
minous,  and  includes  much  early  local  history  otherwise  inaccessible. 

JUDGES  AND  CRIMINALS:  shadows  of  the  past.  History 
of  the  Vigilance  committee  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  with  the 
names  of  its  officers.  San  Francisco :  Printed  for  the  author, 
1858.  100  pp.  12°. 

This  work,  but  little  known,  would  appear  to  have  been  written  by 
one  who  was  not  a  member  of  the  organisation.  There  appears  to  be 
no  record  of  his  identity,  but  a  copy  that  formerly  existed  in  the  San 
Francisco  Mercantile  library  bore  a  contemporary  manuscript  note  in 
which  the  authorship  was  ascribed  to  Dr.  Henry  M.  Gray. 

JUNTA  DE  FOMENTO  DE  CALIFORNIAS.  Coleccion  de 
los  trabajos  en  que  se  ha  ocupado  la  junta  nombrada  para  ine' 
ditar  y  proponer  al  supremo  gobierno  los  medios  mas  nece' 
sarios  para  promover  el  progreso  de  la  cultura  y  civilisation 
de  los  territories  de  la  Alta  y  de  la  Baja  California.  Ano  de 
1827.  8°. 

The  above  is  the  general  title  to  the  following  proceedings  of  the 
Junta,  all  of  which  were  separately  issued. 

DICTAMEN  que  dio  la  junta  de  fomento  de  California^ 
al  Exmo.  Senor  Presidente  de  la  Republica  sobre  las  instruc' 
ciones  que  para  el  gefe  superior  politico  de  aquellas  territorios 
paso  el  examen  de  la  mismo  para  que  expresase  su  concepto. 
Este  documento  y  los  que  subsecuentamente  se  imprimiran 
sobre  dichos  territorios  se  encontraron  entre  los  papeles  de  la 

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testamentaria  de  Exmo.  Sr.  D.  Jose  Mariano  Almansa.  Mexico : 
Imprenta  de  Galvan  a  cargo  de  Mariano  Arevalo,  calle  de  Ca- 
derna,  numero  2,  1827.  16  pp. 

PLAN  PARA  EL  ARREGLO  de  las  misiones  de  los  terri- 
tories de  la  Alta  y  de  la  Baja  California,  propuesto  por  el 
junta  de  fomento  de  aquella  peninsula.  [At  end] :  Mexico :  Im- 
prenta de  Galvan  a  cargo  de  Mariano  Arevalo,  calle  de  Ca- 
derna,  numero  2,  1827.  n  pp. 

PLAN  DE  COLONIZACION  ESTRANGERA  para  los 
territorios  de  la  Alta  y  de  la  Baja  California,  propuesto  por 
la  junta  de  fomento  de  aquella  peninsula  de  orden  especial  del 
gobierno.  [At  end]:  Mexico:  y  abril  21  de  1825.  8  pp.  Fold, 
table. 

Tabular  sheet :  "  Repartimiento  de  un  terreno  cuadrilongo." 

PLAN  DE  COLONIZACION  de  nacionales  para  los  ter- 
ritorios de  la  Alta  y  de  la  Baja  California.  Propuesto  por  la 
junta  de  fomento  de  aquella  peninsula.  [At  end]:  Mexico:  y 
mayo  30  de  1825.  18  pp.  3  fold,  tables. 

Tables  i  and  2  give  estimates  of  cost  of  transportation  and  living,  of 
families  emigrating  to  California  for  purpose  of  colonizing  that  territory. 
Table  3  is  the  "Repartimiento"  of  the  preceding  title. 

INICIATIVA  DE  LEY  que  propone  la  junta  para  el  mejor 
arreglo  del  gobierno  de  las  territorios  de  Californias.  Mexico : 
mayo  13  de  1827.  44  pp. 

PLAN  POLITICO  MERCANTIL  para  el  mas  pronto  fo- 
mento de  las  Californias.  Aprobado  y  recomendado  por  el 
junta  de  los  mismos  territorios.  Mexico:  12  de  julio  de  1826. 
14  pp. 

PROYECTO  para  el  establecimiento  de  una  compania  de 
comercio  directo  con  el  Asia  y  mar  Pacifico,  cuyo  punto  cen- 
trifico  debe  ser  Monterey,  capital  de  la  Alta  California.  La 

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cual  sera  conocido  bajo  el  nombre  de  Compariia  Asiatica-Mex- 
icana,  protectora  del  fomento  de  la  peninsula  de  Californias, 
presentado  el  Exmo.  Sr.  Presidente  de  la  Federacion  de  los  Es- 
tados  Unidos  Mexicanos,  por  el  ciudadano  Francisco  de  Pau 
a  Tamariz,  vocal  de  la  junta  de  fomento  de  dicho  territorio. 
Mexico:  14  de  diciembre  de  1825.  14  pp. 

PROYECTO  DE  REGLAMENTO  en  grande  para  el  es- 
tablecimiento  de  la  Compariia  Asiatica-Mexicana.  (2),  9-24, 

d)  pp. 

No  title.  Pp.  3  "8  appear  not  to  have  been  published.  The  last  page 
contains  "  Lista  de  los  asuntos  comprendidos  en  este  libro."  Whatever 
may  have  been  the  outcome,  these  documents  reveal  a  commendable 
enterprise. 

JUSTESEN,  PETER.  Two  years  adventures  of  a  Dane  in  tbe 
California  gold  mines.  By  Peter  Justesen,  (capt.  in  the  Danish 
service).  Gloucester:  Translated  and  printed  for  the  author 
by  John  Bellows,  1865.  78  pp.  12°. 

This  little  work  is  somewhat  scarce.  From  1850  to  1852  the  author 
lived  and  mined  chiefly  at  Campo  Seco. 

KALLOCH,  ISAAC  S.  A  faint  idea  of  a  terrible  life !  The  Rev. 
I.  S.  Kalloch  (mayor  of  San  Francisco)  from  his  expulsion  from 
college  until  now.  San  Francisco :  For  sale  wholesale  by  J.  K. 
Cooper,  bookseller,  746  Market  st.,  and  retail  by  all  newsdeal- 
ers  who  are  not  bulldosed,  (1879).  123  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Cover-title  (containing  portrait).  The  publication  of  this  pamphlet, 
during  an  inflamed  political  campaign,  was  followed  by  the  attempted 
assassination  of  Mayor  Kalloch  and  the  subsequent  death  of  Charles 
de  Young.  An  illustrated  edition  was  also  published. 

KANE,  PAUL.  Wanderings  of  an  artist  among  the  Indians  of 
North  America  from  Canada  to  Vancouver's  island  and  Ore- 
gon through  the  Hudson's  Bay  company's  territory  and  back 
again.  London :  Longman,  Brown,  Green,  Longmans,  and  Rob- 
erts, 1859.  xviii,  455  pp.  4  1.  Pis.  Map.  8°. 

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The  author  has  included  a  series  of  eight  colored  plates  copied  from 
his  drawings  of  scenes  in  Indian  life.  His  book  is  a  transcript  of  his 
daily  journal,  in  narrative  form,  being  an  interesting  collection  of  the 
incidents  of  life  and  travel  among  the  Indians. 

[KEARNEY,  DENIS.]  Denis  Kearney  and  his  relations  to  the 
Workingmen's  party  of  California.  "The  Chinese  must  go." 
San  Francisco :  [1878].  34  pp.  Port.  12°. 

This  famous  agitator,  an  unusual  product  of  his  time,  was  sometime 
a  drayman  in  San  Francisco.  Possessed  of  certain  natural  abilities,  he 
early  became  identified  with  the  anti'Chinese  movement,  and,  as  its  ac- 
cepted leader,  succeeded  in  a  brief  time  in  adding  a  remarkable  chapter 
to  the  history  of  this  state. 

KEARNEY,  DENNIS  [sic].  Speeches  of  Dennis  Kearney,  labor 
champion.  New  York:  Jesse  Haney  &  co.,  1878.  29  pp. 

Cover-title  (containing  portrait).  These  are  the  highly  incendiary 
speeches  of  the  great  "sand-lot"  orator,  delivered  in  Boston,  Chicago, 
St.  Louis,  and  elsewhere,  while  upon  his  eastern  tour. 

KEIM,  DEB.  RANDOLPH.  Sherman.  A  memorial  in  art,  ora- 
tory and  literature  by  the  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Ten- 
nessee with  the  aid  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  of 
America.  Prepared  by  the  authority  of  Congress.  [Washing- 
ton]: Government  printing  office,  1904.  410  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  8°. 

The  Californian  experiences  of  this  eminent  pioneer,  as  soldier  and 
banker,  occupy  pp.  137-157. 

KEITH,  ELIZA  D.  Report  of  Historical  Landmarks  committee 
of  Native  Daughters  Golden  West.  Written  by  Eliz,a  D.  Keith, 
chairman  Historical  Landmarks  committee,  and  accepted  by 
the  Grand  parlor,  1902.  Reprinted  from  the  Grand  parlor 
proceedings,  1902.  [San  Francisco:  Walter  N.  Brunt,  535-537 
Clay  street,  1902.]  71  pp.  Port.  8°. 

"California  books  from  the  library  of  Capt.  Isaiah  W.  Lees,"  pp. 
39-68.  Although  crude  and  imperfect,  this  list  is  of  much  interest,  as  it 
forms  the  only  printed  record  of  the  Californian  portion  of  the  Lees 
collection. 

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KELLER,  GEORGE.  A  trip  across  the  plains  and  life  in  Cali- 
fornia embracing  a  description  of  the  overland  route,  the  gold 
mines  of  Cal.,  with  sketches  of  Indian,  Mexican,  and  Califor- 
nian  character.  Massillon,  [Ind.]:  1851.  58  pp.  8°. 

Contains  list  of  the  Wayne  county  company  taken  on  board  the 
steamboat "  Consignee." 

KELLEY,  HALL  J.  A  general  circular  to  all  persons  of  good 
character  who  'wish  to  emigrate  to  the  Oregon  territory,  em- 
bracing some  account  of  the  character  and  advantages  of  the 
country ;  the  right  and  the  means  and  operation  by  which  it 
might  be  settled;  — and  all  the  necessary  directions  for  becom- 
ing an  emigrant.  Hall  J.  Kelley,  general  agent.  By  order  of  the 
American  society  for  encouraging  the  settlement  of  the  Ore- 
gon territory,  instituted  in  Boston,  A.  D.  1829.  Charlestown: 
Printed  by  William  W.  Wheildon,  R.  R.  6?  C.  Williams, 
Boston,  1831.  28  pp.  Map.  8°. 

The  map  is  a  small  woodcut  on  the  last  leaf.  This  appears  to  have 
been  the  earliest  project  for  the  colonisation  of  Oregon. 

KELLEY,  HALL  J.  A  geographical  sketch  of  that  part  of  North 
America,  called  Oregon :  containing  an  account  of  the  Indian 
title;— the  nature  of  a  right  of  sovereignty ;  — the  first  discov- 
eries ;  —  climate  and  seasons;— face  of  the  country  and  moun- 
tains ; — natural  divisions,  physical  appearance  and  soil  of  each ;  — 
forests  and  vegetable  productions ;  rivers,  bays,  &?c. ;  islands, 
6?c. ;— animals;  — the  disposition  of  the  Indians,  and  the  num- 
ber and  situation  of  their  tribes;  — together  with  an  essay  on 
the  advantages  resulting  from  a  settlement  of  the  territory. 
To  which  is  attached  a  new  map  of  the  country.  Boston: 
Printed  and  published  by  J.  Howe,  Merchants  Row.  Sold  by 
Lincoln  6?  Edmands,  59  Washington  street ;  A.  B.  Parker,  46 
North  Market  street;  and  by  A.  Brown  and  the  publisher, 
Charlestown,  1830.  80  pp.  Fold.  map.  Table.  8°. 

Early  and  rare  work  on  western  history.  A  second  edition  was  issued 
the  same  year.  Hall  J.  Kelley  claimed  to  be  the  colonizer  of  Oregon. 

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KELLEY,  HALL  J.  A  history  of  the  settlement  of  Oregon  and 
the  interior  of  Upper  California ;  and  of  persecutions  and  afflic- 
tions  of  forty  years  continuance,  endured  by  the  author.  Spring' 
field,  Mass. :  Union  printing  company,  1868.  xv,  (2),  128  pp.  8°. 
In  the  early  history  of  Oregon  Hall  J.  Kelley  is  a  character  of  both 
enterprise  and  ability.  He  was  the  earliest  to  advertise  the  advantages 
of  Oregon  as  a  place  for  immigration.  In  this  he  was  not  wholly  disin- 
terested ;  but  when  he  failed  to  receive  a  large  demonstration  of  public 
gratitude  he  felt  himself  deeply  injured.  This  unhappily  proved  cumu- 
lative, and  ended  only  with  his  demise. 

[KELLS,  C.  E.]  California,  from  its  discovery  by  the  Spaniards 
to  the  present  time,  with  a  brief  description  of  the  gold  re- 
gion, its  present  position,  together  with  a  few  hints  to  gold 
hunters  and  a  guide  to  those  about  to  visit  that  country.  By 
a  traveller.  Price  12!  cents.  New  York:  1848.  32  pp.  8°. 
One  of  the  earliest  of  the  so-called  "guides." 

KELLY,  GEORGE  FOX.  Land  frauds  in  California.  Startling 
exposures.  Government  officials  implicated.  Appeals  for  jus- 
tice. The  present  crisis.  Price  25  cents.  Address  Santa  Rosa, 
California.  November,  1864.  37  pp.  8°. 

No  imprint.  A  curious  and  somewhat  sensational  document  upon 
this  feature  of  extensive  litigation  which  occupied  Californian  courts 
for  thirty  years. 

KELLY,  WILLIAM.  An  excursion  to  California  over  the  prairie, 
Rocky  mountains,  and  great  Sierra  Nevada.  With  a  stroll 
through  the  diggings  and  ranches  of  that  country.  In  two  vol' 
umes.  London :  Chapman  and  Hall,  193  Piccadilly,  MDCCCLI. 
Vol.  I,  x,  342  pp.  II,  viii,  334  pp.  12°. 

The  narrative  of  a  Britisher  who  traveled  far  and  saw  much,  all  of 
which  is  related  in  an  engaging  manner.  Like  others  of  his  compatriots, 
his  dignity  sometimes  suffered  in  its  contact  with  the  rude  populace  of 
the  mining  camps. 

KENDERDINE,  THADDEUS  S.  California  revisited,  1858- 
1897.  Newtown,  Penna. :  1898.  310  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

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KENDERDINE,  THADDEUS  S.  A  California  tramp  and  later 
footprints;  or,  life  on  the  plains  and  in  the  golden  state  thirty 
years  ago,  with  miscellaneous  sketches  in  prose  and  verse. 
Newtown,  Pa.:  1888.  416  pp.  Port.  Ills.  8°. 

The  author  came  overland  by  the  southern  route.  Some  of  his  de- 
scriptions  are  good,  notably  that  of  the  "  Bit  theatre"  of  San  Francisco, 
where  in  1858  entertainments  of  both  the  stage  and  the  bar  were  of' 
fered  for  the  sum  of  twelve  and  one-half  cents. 

KEWEN,  EDWARD  JOHN  C.  Idealina;  and  other  poems. 
San  Francisco :  Published  by  Cooke,  Kenny  &P  co.,  Montgom- 
ery  street,  corner  Merchant,  1853.  viii,  9-123  pp.  12°. 

Contains,  also,  a  poem  delivered  before  the  Mercantile  Library  asso- 
ciation,  San  Francisco,  1853.  The  author  wrote  under  the  pseudonym 
of  Harry  Quillem,  which  in  some  copies  appears  upon  the  title-page. 

KING,  CLARENCE.   Mountaineering  in  the  Sierra  Nevada. 
Boston:  James  R.  Osgood  and  company,  1872.  (i),  292  pp.  12°. 
A  well-known  book,  containing  some  charming  sketches  and  descrip- 
tions. Numerous  editions  followed  in  which  the  text  was  extended  and 
a  map  added. 

KING,  THOMAS  BUTLER.  California:  the  wonder  of  the  age. 
A  book  for  every  one  going  to  or  having  an  interest  in  the 
golden  region.  New  York :  William  Go  wans,  178  Fulton  street, 
1850.  34  pp.  8°. 

Mr.  King  was  collector  of  customs  at  San  Francisco  when  he  wrote 
this  work.  It  was  issued  originally  as  a  government  report,  and  was 
considered  of  such  interest  and  value  that  it  was  several  times  repub- 
lished,  one  edition  being  printed  in  London,  1851. 

KING,  THOMAS  BUTLER.  Report  on  California.  Washing- 
ton: Printed  by  Gideon  and  co.,  1850.  72  pp.  8°. 

The  second  and  best  of  the  two  editions  published  by  the  government. 

KIP,  LAWRENCE.  Army  life  on  the  Pacific;  a  journal  of  the 
expedition  against  the  northern  Indians,  the  tribes  of  the  Coeur 
d'Alenes,  Spokans,  and  Pelouzes,  in  the  summer  of  1858.  New 

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York:  Redfield,  no.  34  Beekman  street,  1859.   vi>  (*)>  9XI44 
pp.  12°. 

This  is  the  best  account  of  this  strenuous  campaign.  The  writer  was 
an  officer  in  the  United  States  army  and  a  member  of  the  expedition. 

KIP,  LAWRENCE.  The  Indian  council  in  the  valley  of  the 
Walla- Walla,  1855.  [Printed,  not  published.]  San  Francisco: 
1855.  32  pp.  8°. 

*'  These  pages  are  the  expansion  of  a  journal,  kept  while  with  the  es' 
cort  from  the  Fourth  infantry  at  the  Indian  council."— Preface.  This 
work  is  excessively  rare. 

KIP,  LEONARD.  California  sketches  with  recollections  of  the 
gold  mines.  Albany:  Erastus  H.  Pease  6?  co.,  1850.  57  pp.  12°. 

[KIP,  LEONARD.]  The  Volcano  diggings;  a  tale  of  California 
law.  By  a  member  of  the  bar.  New  York:  J.  S.  Redfield,  Clinton 
hall,  corner  of  Nassau  and  Beekman  streets,  1851.  131  pp.  16°. 

The  law  of  Judge  Lynch  as  practiced  in  the  early  days  of  California. 
The  work  is  anonymous,  but  has  been  ascribed  to  Kip. 

KIP,  WILLIAM  INGRAHAM.  The  early  days  of  my  episco- 
pate. New  York:  Thomas  Whittaker,  283  Bible  house,  1892. 
x,  263  pp.  Port.  12°. 

Includes  the  period  from  his  arrival  in  California,  in  1853,  to  1860, 
and  contains  local  history  of  much  value. 

KIRCHHOFF,THEODOR.  Californische  Kulturbilder.  Cassel: 
Theodor  Fischer,  1886.  viii,  376  pp.  8°. 

Mr.  Kirchhoff  was  for  many  years  a  journalist  of  San  Francisco,  and 
one  of  the  best-known  members  of  the  German  colony.  These  graceful 
sketches  are  faithful  reflections  of  California  as  he  saw  it. 

KNEELAND,  SAMUEL.  The  wonders  of  the  Yosemite  valley, 
and  of  California.  With  original  photographic  illustrations. 
Boston:  Alexander  Moore,  1872.  xii,  13-98  pp.  10  photos.  2 
maps.  8°. 


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An  attractive  book,  of  which  there  have  been  three  editions.  The 
charming  little  views  are  in  the  best  processes  of  the  photographic  art 
of  that  day.  The  author  was  professor  of  zoology  in  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology. 

KNOWER,  DANIEL.  The  adventures  of  a  forty-niner.  An  his- 
toric description  of  California,  with  events  and  ideas  of  San 
Francisco  and  its  people  in  those  early  days.  Albany :  Weed- 
Parsons  printing  co.,  printers,  1894.  200  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  12°. 

Numerous  inaccuracies  in  the  spelling  of  proper  names  have  some- 
what disfigured  this  work,  but  the  story  of  this  wholesome  old  Argonaut 
has  not  suffered,  nor  is  its  interest  lessened. 

KOTZEBUE,  OTTO  VON.  Entdeckungs-Reise  in  die  Sud-See 
und  der  Berings-Strasse  sur  Erforschung  einer  nord-ostlichen 
Durchfahrt.  Unternommen  in  dem  Jahren  1815, 181 6, 1817  und 
1818,  auf  Kosten  Sr.  Erlaucht  des  Herrn  Reichs-Kanzlers  Gra- 
fen  RumanzofF  auf  dem  Schiffe  Rurick  unter  dem  Befehle  des 
Lieutenants  der  Russisch-Kaiserlichem  Marine  Otto  von  Kot- 
sebue.  Weimar:  Verlegt  von  den  Gebrudern  Hoffmann,  1821. 
3  vols.  Col.  pis.  Maps.  4°.  Vol.  I,  2  1.  xviii,  168  pp.  2  pis.  2 
maps.  II,  176  pp.  5  pis.  3  maps.  Ill,  240  pp.  2!.  13  pis.  i  map. 

Relates  to  discovery  on  the  northwest  coast  of  America,  and  is  a  most 
important  contribution  to  the  subject.  The  description  of  California  is 
contained  in  the  second  volume.  In  this  work  will  be  found  the  earliest 
scientific  account  of  the  Eschscholtsia  calif ornica  (or  golden  poppy), 
written  by  the  naturalist  Chamisso,  and  named  in  honor  of  Eschscholts 
the  surgeon,  both  of  whom  accompanied  the  expedition. 

KOTZEBUE,  OTTO  VON.  Neue  Reise  urn  die  Welt,  in  dem 
Jahren  1823,  24,  25  and  26.  Von  Otto  von  Kotsebue,  Russisch- 
Kaiserlichem  Flott-Capitain  und  Ritter.  Zwei  Bande  mit  swei 
Kupfern  und  drei  Charten.  Weimar :  Verlag  vonWilhelm  Hoff- 
mann, St.  Petersburg,  bei  J.  Brief,  Buch-  und  Musikalien-hand- 
lung,  1830.  2  vols.  8°.  Vol.  I,  22  pp.  i  1.  191  pp.  Col.  pi.  Fold, 
map.  II,  177,  (i),  34  pp.  Col.  pi.  2  fold.  maps. 

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The  descriptions  of  California,  with  some  account  of  a  visit  to  Fort 
Ross,  will  be  found  in  vol.  II,  pp.  s8'82.  An  English  translation  was 
published  the  same  year. 

KOTZEBUE,  OTTO  VON.  A  voyage  of  discovery  into  the 
South  sea  and  Beering's  straits,  for  the  purpose  of  exploring  a 
northeast  passage,  undertaken  in  1815-1818,  at  the  expense  of 
his  Highness  the  Chancellor  of  the  Empire,  Count  Romansoff, 
in  the  ship  Rurick,  under  the  command  of  the  lieutenant  in 
the  Russian  imperial  navy,  Otto  von  Kotsebue.  London :  1821. 
3  vols.  Col.  pis.  Maps.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xv,  (i),  358  pp.  II,  433  pp. 
Ill,  442,  pp. 

Translated  from  the  German. 

KRAKENFUSS,  ABRAHAM.  Munchhausen  in  California.  Ein 
wahrerund  wahrhaftiger  vollstandig  authentischerund  nirgend 
iibertriebener  Bericht  iiber  eine  Expedition  nach  dem  Gold' 
distrikte  von  San  Francisco,  unternommen  unter  der  Leitung 
der  Grand  Auriferous,  Stultiferous,  Assiniferous  Californian 
Bamboozle  company  of  Hamburg.  Bremen :  Verlag  von  Franz; 
Schlodtmann,  1849.  vi,  73  pp.  12°. 

A  curious  work  by  a  disappointed  stockholder.  The  organisation  of 
swindling  "  wildcat "  mining  companies  of  California  seems  to  have  been 
very  early,  and  their  fraudulent  operations  appear  to  have  been  con- 
ducted at  long  range. 

KUCHEL,  CHARLES  C.,  and  DRESEL,  E.  Kiichel  6?  DresePs 
California  views.  San  Francisco:  Published  by  Kiichel  6?  Dresel, 
[1858].  30  lithogr.  pis.  Obi.  f°. 

A  series  of  large  and  very  interesting  views  of  California  towns, 
drawn  and  engraved  by  these  artists,  and  printed  by  Britton  6?  Rey, 
1856-58.  A  number  of  these  plates  contain  a  border  of  vignettes  show- 
ing the  principal  buildings.  Among  these  are  views  of  Sacramento, 
Nevada  city,  Placerville,  Stockton,  Los  Angeles,  Benicia,  San  Jose  and, 
Coloma ;  but  San  Francisco  was  not  included  in  the  series.  Of  their  kind, 
these  plates  are  the  finest  that  have  been  issued  in  California.  They 
were  sold  separately,  and  may  yet  occasionally  be  seen ;  but  the  collec- 

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tion  of  thirty  issued  in  book  form,  with  the  specially  printed  title-page, 
was  doubtless  limited  to  a  very  small  number,  copies  of  which  are  ex- 
cessively rare. 

KUNZEL,  HEINRICH.  ObercaHfornien.  Eine  geographische 
Schilderung  fur  den  Zwek  deutscher  Auswanderung  und  An- 
siedlung.  Erste  Beitrag.  Mit  einer  Karte  des  Rio  Sacramento 
und  einem  Grundriss  des  Forts  New-Helvetien.  Darmstadt: 
Druck  und  Verlag  von  C.  W.  Leske,  1848.  2,  1.  41  pp.  Map. 
Plan.  12°. 

Appears  to  be  the  first  work  published  in  Germany  for  the  purpose 
of  promoting  emigration  to  California.  The  author  was  founder  of  a 
company  organized  for  the  welfare  and  guidance  of  emigrants  to  Amer- 
ica.  The  plan  of  Sutter's  fort,  drawn  as  it  existed  in  1847,  is  an  interest- 
ing feature  of  the  work. 

LACY,  EDWARD  S.  The  schools  demanded  by  the  present 
age.  A  sermon  delivered  in  the  First  Congregational  church, 
San  Francisco,  on  Sunday,  May  1 1, 1856.  San  Francisco :  Whit- 
ton,  Towne  6?  co.,  printers,  1856.  15  pp.  8°. 
A  plea  for  the  establishment  of  a  college  for  California. 

LAMBERTIE,  CHARLES  DE.  Voyage  pittoresque  en  Califor- 
nie  et  au  Chili.  Paris:  Ches  Ledoyen,  libraire-editeur,  1853. 
xi,  312,  pp.  8°. 

LAMBOURNE,  ALFRED.  Pacific  coast  sketches.  Etched  by 
W.  H.W.  Bicknell.  Boston:  Samuel  E.  Cassino,  copyright,  1889. 
6  pp.  6  pis.  Obi.  f°. 

The  etchings  comprise :  Fisherman's  home,  Monterey;  In  the  Golden 
Gate,  low  tide ;  Under  the  cypress  trees ;  Lighthouse  at  Point  of  Pines ; 
A  bit  of  other  days ;  Looking  across  the  Golden  Gate. 

L  AMSON,  J.  Round  Cape  Horn.  Voyage  of  the  passenger  ship 
James  W.  Paige,  from  Maine  to  California  in  the  year  1852. 
Bangor:  Press  of  O.  F.,  6?  W.  H.  Knowles,  1878.  156  pp.  12°. 

LANGFORD,  NATHANIEL  PITT.  Vigilante  days  and  ways. 
The  pioneers  of  the  Rockies.  The  makers  and  making  of  Mon- 

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tana,  Idaho,  Oregon,  Washington,  and  Wyoming.  Boston :  J. 
G.  Cupples  co.,  publishers.  The  Back  Bay  bookstore,  1890.  2 
vols.  Ports.  Ills.  12°.  Vol.  I,  xxvi,  426  pp.  II,  xiii,  (i),  485  pp. 

First  edition.  Much  and  valuable  frontier  history  is  to  be  found  in 
this  work,  in  which  the  author  presents  with  clear  view  the  strange 
scenes  and  singular  characters  of  that  strongly  colored  period. 

LANGSDORFF,  G.  H.  VON.  Voyages  and  travels  in  various 
parts  of  the  world,  during  the  years  1803, 1804, 1805, 1806,  and 
1807.  Illustrated  by  engravings  from  original  sources.  London : 
Printed  for  Henry  Colburn,[ etc.],  1813-1814.  2  vols.  Pis.  Port. 
4°.  Vol.  I,  xxi,  i  1.  362  pp.  3  1.  II,  3  1.  386  pp.  3  1. 

This  expedition  visited  San  Francisco  in  1806,  and  the  account  is  to 
be  found  in  vol.  II,  pp.  136^2 14.  The  Russian  chamberlain,  Resanoff, 
came  with  the  expedition,  and  while  at  the  Presidio  met  Concepcion 
Argiiello,  the  daughter  of  the  comandante,  whence  is  derived  the  well' 
known  romance. 

LANGWORTHY,  FRANKLIN.  Scenery  of  the  plains,  moun- 
tains and  mines ;  or,  a  diary  kept  upon  the  overland  route  to 
California,  by  way  of  the  Great  Salt  lake ;  travels  in  the  cities, 
mines,  and  agricultural  districts— embracing  the  return  by  the 
Pacific  Ocean  and  Central  America,  in  the  years  1850,  '51,  '52, 
and  '53.  Ogdensburgh :  Published  by  J.  C.  Sprague,  bookseller, 
1855.  vi,  9^324.  12°. 

A  scarce  book,  and  no  doubt  served  its  purpose ;  but  it  is  a  most 
dreary  performance  in  literature. 

LA  PEROUSE,  JEAN  FRANCOIS  GALAUP  DE.  A  voyage 
round  the  world  performed  in  the  years  1785, 1786, 1787,  and 
1788,  by  the  Boussole  and  Astrolabe,  under  the  command  of 
J.  F.  G.  de  La  Perouse :  published  by  order  of  the  National  As- 
sembly under  the  superintendence  of  L.  A.  Milet'Mureau.  In 
two  volumes,  illustrated  by  a  variety  of  charts  and  plates  in 
a  separate  folio  volume.  Translated  from  the  French.  London : 
Printed  by  A.  Hamilton  for  G.  G.  and  J.  Robinson,  Paternos- 

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ter  Row,  1799.  Vol.  I,  (4),  Ivi,  539  pp.  Port.  II,  viii,  531,  (14) 
pp.  4°.  Atlas,  Eng.  tit.,  60  pis.,  charts.  F°. 

Best  edition.  Numerous  others  have  appeared  in  French,  English, 
German,  and  other  languages.  Among  the  plates  are :  Plan  of  Port  San 
Francisco ;  Bay  of  Monterey;  San  Diego ;  Port  of  San  Bias ;  Californian 
natural  history. 

LAPLACE,  CYRILLE  P.  T.  Campagne  de  circumnavigation  de 
la  fregate  L'Artemise  pendant  les  annees  1837,  1838,  1839  et 
1840,  sous  le  commandement  de  M.  Laplace,  capitaine  du  vais' 
seau.  Publie  par  ordre  du  roi,  sous  les  auspices  de  ministre  de 
la  marine.  Paris :  Arthus  Bertrand,  editeur,  libraire  de  la  Soci" 
ete  de  Geographic,  rue  Hautefeuille,  23,  1841^1854.  6  vols.  8°. 
Vol.  VI  relates  to  California  and  the  northwest  coast  of  America. 

[LA  REINTRIE,  HENRY.]  "The  other  side."  "BirdVeye  view" 
of  the  claim  of  Jose  Y.  Limantour  number  548,  "in  1857." 
San  Francisco:  Frank  Eastman,  printer,  1858.  24  pp.  8°. 

La  Reintrie  was  rather  violently  arrayed  against  the  pretension  of 
Limantour.  In  this  pamphlet  he  has  presented  an  extensive  mass  of  doc* 
umentary  evidence  showing  how  grossly  fraudulent  was  the  claim. 

LAST  NIGHT  OF  THE  SESSION  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  OF 
THE  CALIFORNIA  LEGISLATURE.  Containing  over  one 
hundred  and  fifty  resolutions,  reports,  messages,  etc.,  read  at 
the  clerk's  desk,  while  that  body  was  in  constitutional  session ; 
together  with  Speaker  Fairfax's  original  anecdote  of  the  hard 
boiled  eggs,  etc.  By  an  eye-witness.  Sacramento :  James  An- 
thony  &  co.,  1854.  42  pp.  8°. 

A  rather  severe  burlesque  upon  the  session  of  the  legislature  in  Jan. 
and  Feb.,  1854.  Copies  are  excessively  rare. 

"THE  LAST  SPIKE,"  a  painting  by  Thomas  Hill  illustrating  the 
last  scene  in  the  building  of  the  overland  railroad.  With  a 
history  of  the  enterprise.  San  Francisco :  [Printed  by  E.  Bosqui 
6P  co.],  1881.  40  pp.  Fold.  pi.  12°. 

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The  folding  plate  is  a  key  to  the  figures  in  Hill's  great  historical  paint- 
ing, which  for  many  years  was  upon  exhibition  in  the  Golden  Gate  Park 
museum. 

LAUTS,  G.  {California  door  den  hoogeeraar  G.  Lauts.  Amster- 
dam:  Wed  R.  Stemvers,  1849.  vi,  (2),  40  pp.  8°. 

[LAWRENCE,  GEORGE  A.]  Silverland.  London:  Chapman 
and  Hall,  193  Piccadilly,  1873.  259  pp.  8°. 

A  rather  pleasing  account  of  living  and  mining  in  Nevada  during  the 
great  Comstock  period. 

LAYTON,  GROVENOR  I.  Two  years  in  the  life  of  the  felon 
Grovenor  I.  Layton,  who  was  lynched  by  the  Vigilance  com' 
mittee,  at  Sonora,  Tuolumne  county,  California,  June  17, 1852, 
for  robbery,  murder  and  arson,  he  having  robbed  three  Chilians, 
two  men  and  one  woman,  of  ten  thousand  dollars  in  gold 
dust,  at  Mormon  gulch,  murdered  and  burned  them,  together 
with  their  cabin,  May  28,  1852.  New  Orleans,  Charleston, 
Baltimore  and  Philadelphia:  Published  by  A.  R.  Orton,  1852. 
40  pp.  Port.  Ills.  8°. 

The  contents  and  accompanying  illustrations  are  in  perfect  harmony 
with  the  promise  of  the  title-page. 

LE  CONTE,  JOSEPH.  The  autobiography  of  Joseph  Le  Conte. 
Edited  by  William  Dallam  Armes.  New  York :  D.  Appleton 
and  company,  1903.  xvii,  337  pp.  Pis.  Port.  12°. 

LE  CONTE,  JOSEPH.  A  journal  of  ramblings  through  the  High 
Sierras  of  California  by  the  "  University  excursion  party."  San 
Francisco :  Francis  6?  Valentine,  Commercial  printing  house, 
517  Clay  street,  1875.  103  pp.  9  photos.  8°. 

A  record  of  an  excursion  by  Prof.  Le  Conte  and  nine  members  of  one 
of  the  early  classes  of  the  university.  It  is  stated  that  but  20  copies 
were  printed. 

LEE,  DANIEL,  and  FROST,  J.  H.  Ten  years  in  Oregon.  By  D. 
Lee  and  J.  H.  Frost,  late  of  the  Oregon  mission  of  the  Metho- 

137 


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dist  Episcopal  church.  New  York :  Published  for  the  authors : 
200  Mulberry  street.  J.  Collord,  printer,  1844.  344  pp.  Fold, 
map.  12°. 

Daniel  Lee  went  to  Oregon  in  1834  as  a  missionary,  under  the  pat" 
ronage  of  the  missionary  society  of  his  church.  This  journal  forms  a 
minute  and  an  interesting  account  of  arduous  labors  performed  among 
the  Indians. 

LEE,  JOHN  D.  Mormonism  unveiled ;  or  the  life  and  confessions 
of  the  late  Mormon  bishop,  John  D.  Lee;  (written  by  him- 
self) embracing  a  history  of  Mormonism  from  its  inception 
down  to  the  present  time,  with  an  exposition  of  the  secret 
history,  signs,  symbols  and  crimes  of  the  Mormon  church.  Also 
the  true  history  of  the  horrible  butchery  known  as  the  Moun- 
tain  Meadows  massacre.  St.  Louis,  Mo. :  Bryan,  Brand  6?  co., 
1877.  xiv,  15-390  pp.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

The  most  complete  account  of  the  life  and  misdeeds  of  this  infamous 
character. 

LEEPER,  DANIEL  ROHRER.  The  Argonauts  of  Yorty-nine. 
Some  recollections  of  the  plains  and  the  diggings.  Illustrated 
by  O.  Marion  Elbel,  from  selections  and  suggestions  by  the 
author.  South  Bend,  Indiana :  J.  B.  Stoll  6P  company,  printers, 
1894.  146,  xvi  pp.  Errata  slip.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

This  work,  now  scarce,  is  written  in  a  very  readable  style,  giving, 
with  the  aid  of  numerous  good  and  sketchy  illustrations,  a  very  intel- 
ligible  idea  of  the  hardships,  and  many  perils,  of  the  journey  to  the  west- 
ern gold-fields. 

LELAND  STANFORD  JUNIOR  UNIVERSITY.  Laying  the 
corner-stone  of  the  Leland  Stanford,  Junior,  University.  Prayer 
of  Rev.  Horatio  Stebbins,  D.  D.  Address  of  Judge  Lorenzo 
Sawyer,  (president  of  the  board  of  trustees),  May  i4th,  1887. 
[n.  p.:  1887.]  16  pp.  8°. 
Privately  printed. 

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LENOX,  EDWARD  HENRY.  Overland  to  Oregon  in  the 
tracks  of  Lewis  and  Clarke.  History  of  the  first  emigration  to 
Oregon  in  1843.  Edited  by  Robert  Whitaker.  Illustrations  and 
introduction  by  R.  Morgenier.  Oakland,  California:  Dowdle 
press,  1904.  ix,  69  pp.  Maps.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

Contains  list  of  members  of  the  first  emigration  party  to  the  Colum' 
bia  river,  Nov.  i,  1843,  among  whom  was  Peter  H.  Burnett,  later  first 
governor  of  the  state  of  California.  The  drawings  in  this  work  appear 
to  have  been  constructed  from  verbal  descriptions. 

LEONARD,  ZENAS.  Narrative  of  the  adventures  of  Zenas 
Leonard,  a  native  of  Clearfield  county,  Pa.,  who  spent  five 
years  in  trapping  for  furs,  trading  with  the  Indians,  6?c.  5?c. 
of  the  Rocky  mountains.  Written  by  himself.  Clearfield,  Pa. : 
Printed  and  published  by  D.  W.  Moore,  1839.  iv>  87  pp.  8°. 
Printed  in  double  columns.  A  large  company  (70  men),  under  Capts. 
Gant  and  Blackwell,  left  St.  Louis  April  24, 1831.  After  wonderful  ad' 
ventures  with  Indians,  wild  beasts,  etc.,  on  Nov.  20,  1833,  the  party 
under  Capt.  Walker  reached  the  Pacific  coast  "  about  40  miles  south  of 
San  Francisco,"  on  the  south  side  of  San  Francisco  bay,  on  the  river 
Two  Laries  or  Bush  river.  They  afterwards  went  60  or  70  miles  south 
"to  Monterey"  (Monterey),  where  they  remained  some  time.  They 
started  back  Feb.  14, 1834,  with  "  52  men,  315  horses,  and  for  provisions 
47  beef  and  30  dogs,"  arriving  at  Independence,  Mo.,  Aug.  29, 1835.  This 
work  has  recently  been  reprinted,  but  of  the  original  not  more  than 
four  or  five  copies  are  known  to  exist. 

LESTER,  JOHN  ERASTUS.  The  Yo-Semite;  its  history,  its 
scenery,  its  development.  Providence :  Printed  for  the  author, 
1873.  40  pp.  8°. 

A  graceful  address  prepared  for,  and  read  before,  the  Rhode  Island 
Historical  society  Dec.  17, 1872.  Being  issued  privately,  the  work  is  but 
little  known. 

LETTRES  EDIFIANTES  ET  CURIEUSES,  ecrites  des  missions 
etrangeres  par  quelques  missionaires  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus. 
V.  Recueil.  A  Paris :  Chez  Nicolas  le  Clerc,  rue  S.  Jacques, 

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proche  S.  Ynes,  a  Timage  S.  Laubert,  MDCCV.  Avec  approbation 
5?  privelege  du  roy.  15  1.  288  pp.,  2  1.  Map.  12°. 

"  Memoir  touchant  Testat  des  missions,  nouvellement  etablies  dans  la 
Californie,  par  les  peres  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus ;  presente  au  Conseil 
royal  de  Guadalaxara  au  Mexique  le  10,  de  fevrier  de  Tannee  1702,  par 
le  pere  Francois  Marie  Picolo,  de  la  mesme  compagnie,  6P  un  des  premiers 
fondateurs  de  cette  mission.  Traduit  de  I'espagnol,"  pp.  248-287.  The  fold' 
ing  map  shows, "  Passage  par  terre  a  la  Californie  decouvert  par  le  Rev. 
pere  Eusebe-Fra^ois  Kino,  Jesuit  depuis  1698  jusqua  1701."  Includes 
part  of  California,  the  Gulf,  and  New  Mexico,  with  location  of  the 
Indian  tribes.  This  is  the  earliest  edition  of  these  famous  "  Lettres  edifi' 
antes,"  which  have  several  times  been  reprinted  in  French  and  in  transla- 
tions.  A  letter  which  appears  in  the  preface,  written  by  P.  Pierre  Martin 
le  Gobien,  relates  chiefly  to  California.  The  letter  of  Picolo  was  trans' 
lated  into  English  and  published  in  the  London  "  Philosophical  Transac' 
tions"  for  months  of  November  and  December,  1708,  (no.  VII,  Extract 
of  a  memoir,  etc.)  with  the  Kino  map. 

[LETTS,  J.  M.]  California  illustrated;  including  a  description 
of  the  Panama  and  Nicaragua  routes.  By  a  returned  Califor' 
nian.  New  York:  William  Holdredge,  publisher,  1852.  224  pp. 
48  pis.  8°. 

Reprinted  with  the  following  title :  "  A  pictorial  view  of  California ; 
including  a  description  of  the  Panama  and  Nicaragua  routes,  with  in" 
formation  and  advice  interesting  to  all,  particularly  those  who  intend 
to  visit  the  gold  regions.  By  a  returned  Californian.  New  York :  Pub' 
lished  by  Henry  Bill,  1853."  224  pp.  48  pis.  8°.  The  contents  of  these 
two  editions  are  identical.  There  was  evidently  a  deficiency  in  the  sup' 
ply  of  engravings  prepared;  for  the  number  varies  greatly.  No  list 
accompanies  the  work,  but,  to  collate  properly,  copies  of  each  of  the 

editions  should  possess  48  plates. 

f 

LEVY,  DANIEL.  Les  Francais  en  Californie.  Get  ouvrage  se 
vend  au  profit  de  la  bibliotheque  de  la  Ligue  nationale  fran' 
caise  de  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco :  Gregoire,  Tausy  et  cie., 
Hbraires  editeurs,  6  rue  Post,  1884.  ix,  373  pp.  8°. 

The  author  was  one  of  the  most  learned  members  of  the  French  colony 
in  San  Francisco,  and  this  work  is  an  authority  of  permanent  value. 

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LEWIS,  MERIWETHER,  and  CLARKE,  WILLIAM.  Travels 
to  the  source  of  the  Missouri  river  and  across  the  American 
continent  to  the  Pacific  ocean.  Performed  by  order  of  the 
government  of  the  United  States,  in  the  years  1804,  1805,  and 
1806.  Published  from  the  official  report,  and  illustrated  by  a 
map  of  the  route,  and  other  maps.  London :  Printed  for  Long' 
man,  1814.  xxiv,  663  pp.  3  maps.  4°. 

The  best  of  the  early  editions  of  this  work.  Others  have  been :  Lon* 
don,  1809,  i  vol.;  Philadelphia,  1814,  2,  vols. ;  London,  1815,  3  vols. ; 
Dublin,  1817,  2  vols.;  and  numerous  others  of  later  date,  besides  the 
narratives  of  Gass  and  Fisher. 

LEWIS  PUBLISHING  COMPANY.  The  bay  of  San  Francisco, 
the  metropolis  of  the  Pacific  coast  and  its  suburban  cities.  A 
history.  Illustrated.  Chicago :  The  Lewis  publishing  company, 
1892.  2  vols.  Pis.  Ports.  4°.  Vol.  I,  x,  9^708  pp.  II,  9^680  pp. 
This  work  is  of  that  class  known  as  the  "  write-up,"  usually  held  in  low 
esteem.  As  a  generality,  however,  such  works  must  be  given  toleration, 
as  the  subject-matter  is  useful  and  rarely  to  be  found  elsewhere.  Other 
works  of  similar  character  have  been  issued  by  this  firm  of  publishers. 

LEWIS,  WILLIAM  J.  General  railroad  laws,  articles  of  associa' 
tion  and  bylaws  of  the  Pacific  and  Atlantic  railroad  company. 
With  the  reports  of  the  chief  engineer  and  secretary.  San 
Francisco :  Whitton,  Towne  6?  co.,  printers,  Excelsior  office, 
1854.  64  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

Map  shows  the  route  of  the  railroad,  which  lay  between  San  Fran' 
cisco  and  San  Jose.  Sherman  Day  was  secretary  of  the  company,  and 
the  road  was  the  first  to  be  projected  locally  in  California. 

LICK  DEED.  Deed  of  trust.  James  Lick  to  Thomas  H.  Selby, 
D.  O.  Mills,  H.  M.  Newhall,  Wm.  Alvord,  George  H.  Howard, 
James  Otis,  and  John  O.  Earl.  Dated  July  i6th,  A.  D.  1874. 
10  1.  F°. 

Contains  the  text  of  the  bequest  as  originally  devised.  Later  it  was 
altered,  and  changes  were  made  in  the  board  of  trustees.  A  few  copies 
were  printed  on  vellum. 

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LINDLEY,  WALTER,  and  WIDNEY,  J.  P.  California  of  the 
south.  Its  physical  geography,  climate,  resources,  routes  of  travel, 
and  health-resorts.  Being  a  complete  guide-book  to  southern 
California.  New  York:  D.  Appleton  and  company,  1888.  viii, 
377  PP-  Fold.  maps.  Ills.  12°. 

One  of  the  most  complete  of  the  many  works  of  this  class,  and  has 
been  several  times  reprinted. 

LINEN,  JAMES.  The  Golden  Gate.  San  Francisco:  Edward 
Bosqui  and  company,  1869.  3  8  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

Rubricated  title.  This  historical  poem  was  illustrated  by  the  early 
Californian  artists,  Wandesforde,  A.  Nahl,  and  Norton  Bush.  These 
vignettes  are  now  conceded  to  be  among  the  finest  examples  of  wood- 
engraving  ever  executed  in  California. 

LINEN,  JAMES.  The  poetical  and  prose  writings  of  James 
Linen.  New  York :  W.  J.  Widdleton,  publisher ;  San  Francis- 
co: A.  Roman  &  company,  1866.  viii,  9-416  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Among  the  prose  writings  are :  "  The  first  Masonic  funeral  in  San 
Francisco,  August,  1849,"  PP-  374'3?8;  "Cortes  and  the  Gulf  of  Cali- 
fornia," pp.  385-389;  "Missions  of  Upper  California,"  pp.  390-394.  An 
inferior  edition  without  the  portrait  also  appeared  the  same  year. 

LINN,  WILLIAM  ALEXANDER.  History  of  the  Mormons 
from  the  date  of  their  origin  to  the  year  1901.  New  York: 
The  Macmillan  company,  1902.  xxiv,  637  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

"  The  object  of  the  present  work  is  to  present  a  consecutive  history 
of  the  Mormons,  from  the  day  of  their  origin  to  the  present  writing, 
and  as  a  secular,  not  as  a  religious  narrative."  —  Preface.  Includes  ac- 
counts of  the  movements  of  the  Mormons  in  California. 

LLOYD,  B.  E.  Lights  and  shades  of  San  Francisco.  San  Fran- 
cisco: Printed  by  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  company,  1876.  523  pp. 
Ills.  8°. 

The  author  has  been  accused  of  a  tendency  to  incline  to  the  sensa- 
tional, but  his  is  yet  the  best  work  descriptive  of  the  familiar  and  un- 
familiar features  of  old  San  Francisco. 

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LOCKMAN,  JOHN.  Travels  of  the  Jesuits  into  various  parts 
of  the  world,  compiled  from  their  letters,  now  first  attempted 
in  English.  Intermixed  with  an  account  of  the  manners,  gov 
ernment,  religion,  &fc.,  of  the  several  nations  visited  by  those 
fathers ;  with  extracts  from  other  travellers,  and  miscellaneous 
notes.  Illustrated  with  maps  and  sculptures.  London :  Printed 
for  John  Noon,  at  the  White  Hart  near  Mercer's  chapel, 
Cheapside,  MDCCXLIII.  2  vols.  Maps.  8°.  Vol.  I,  vii,  xxii  pp.  i  1. 
488  pp.  II,  4  pp.  2  1.  508  pp. 

The  Californian  references  are:  "Dedication  to  the  Jesuits  of  France"; 
"  State  of  the  missions  of  California,"  Picolo ; "  Descent  of  the  Spaniards 
on  the  isle  of  California,  1683."  A  copy  of  the  Kino  map  of  California 
accompanies  the  work. 

LOCKWOOD,  RUFUS  A.  The  Vigilance  committee  of  San 
Francisco.  Metcalf  vs.  Argenti  et  al.  Speeches  of  R.  A.  Lock" 
wood,  Esq.  San  Francisco,  Gal. :  MDCCCLII.  48  pp.  8°. 

Peter  Metcalf,  a  drayman,  agreed  for  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  to  take 
charge  of  four  loads  of  furniture  and  wearing  apparel  during  the  great 
fire  of  June  22,  1851.  When  called  upon  to  return  this  property  he 
produced  three  loads,  excusing  himself  from  not  returning  the  fourth 
on  the  ground  of  confusion  and  loss  during  the  excitement.  Suspicion 
was  aroused  by  this  and  other  circumstances,  and  the  Vigilance  com' 
mittee  entered  and  searched  his  house.  For  this  Metcalf  demanded  be' 
fore  the  court  $20,000.  He  ultimately  received  $200,  awarded  him  by 
a  jury  in  a  court  in  San  Jose. 

LOS  ANGELES,  GAL.  An  historical  sketch  of  Los  Angeles 
county,  California,  from  the  Spanish  occupancy,  by  the  found' 
ing  of  the  Mission  San  Gabriel  Archangel,  September  8,  1771, 
to  July  4,  1876.  Los  Angeles,  Gal. :  Published  by  Louis  Lewin 
&co,  1876.  88  pp.  8°. 

Consists  of  three  chapters,  comprising  three  periods,  1771' 1846, 1847' 
67,  and  i867'76,  written  respectively  by  J.  J.  Warner,  Benjamin  Hayes, 
and  J.  P.  Widney. 

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LOS  ANGELES,  GAL.  Revised  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Los 
Angeles.  Passed  and  approved  July  31,  1855.  Los  Angeles: 
Printed  at  the  "Southern  Californian"  office,  1855.  26  pp.  8°. 
One  of  the  earliest  works  printed  in  Los  Angeles. 

LOWER  CALIFORNIA.  Historical  outline  of  Lower  Califor- 
nia :  extracts  taken  from  the  posthumous  work  of  Father  Fran- 
cisco Javier  Clavijero  of  the  Company  of  Jesus,  published  in 
Venice  in  1789,  and  from  the  memorial  published  by  the  citi- 
zen Ulises  Urbano  Lassepas  in  1859,  on  the  colonization  of 
Lower  California;  and  from  the  decree  of  the  supreme  gov- 
ernment, of  the  loth  of  March,  A.  D.,  1857.  San  Francisco: 
Henry  Payot,  bookseller  and  publisher,  no.  640  Washington 
street.  Printed  at  the  office  of  "LaVos  de  Mejico,"  [ca.  1862]. 
79  PP-  8°. 

At  this  time  Sonora  was  the  objective  point  for  colonization  by 
several  companies  in  San  Francisco. 

LOYAL,  C.  The  squatter  and  the  don.  A  novel  descriptive  of 
contemporary  occurrences  in  California.  San  Francisco:  1885. 
421  pp.  12°. 

[LUCATT,  EDWARD.]  Rovings  in  the  Pacific  from  1837  to 
1849  5  with  a  glance  at  California.  By  a  merchant  long  resident 
at  Tahiti.  London:  Longman,  Brown,  Green,  and  Longman, 
1851.  2  vols.  12°.  Vol.  I,  xii,  351  pp.  2  col.  pis.  II,  xi,  371  pp. 
2  col.  pis. 

Published  anonymously;  but  the  name  of  the  merchant  author  is 
believed  to  be  Lucatt,  or  Lucett.  The  references  to  California  are  slight. 

LUCY-FOSSARIEU,  P.  Les  langues  indiennes  de  la  Californie. 
Etude  de  philologie  ethnographique.  Paris:  Imprimerie  natio- 
nale,  MDCCCLXXXI.  55  pp.  8°. 

Extract,  separately  reprinted  from  the  proceedings  of  the  Congres 
international  des  sciences  ethnographiques,  tenu  a  Paris  du  15  au  17 
juillet  1878.  Contains  vocabularies  in  ten  Californian  dialects. 

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LUDEWIG,  HERMANN  E.  The  literature  of  American  abo- 
riginal languages.  With  additions  and  corrections  by  Professor 
Wm.  W.  Turner.  Edited  by  Nicholas  Triibner.  London  :Triib- 
ner  and  co.,  MDCCCLVII.  xxiv,  258  pp.  8°. 

Includes  the  languages  of  California,  Oregon,  and  the  northwest,  with 
bibliographical  notes  upon  the  source  of  reference.  One  of  the  most 
valuable  of  the  older  works  upon  the  linguistics  of  the  American  Indians. 

LYMAN,  ALBERT.  Journal  of  a  voyage  to  California,  and  life 
in  the  gold  diggings,  and  also  of  a  voyage  from  California  to 
the  Sandwich  islands.  By  Albert  Lyman,  of  Hartford,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Connecticut  mining  and  trading  company,  which 
sailed  in  the  schooner  General  Morgan  from  New  York,  Feb. 
22,  1849.  Hartford,  Conn.:  Publishers,  E.  T.  Pease;  Dexter 
&  bro.,  New  York:  Redding  6?  co.,  Boston:  1852.  192  pp. 
Ills.  12°. 

A  very  rare  and  curious  work.  The  preface  states  that "  the  manu- 
script was  very  fully  illustrated  with  graphic  pencil  sketches,  of  great 
artistic  skill  and  beauty,  a  few  of  which  only  are  transferred  to  the 
printed  copies.""  Two  of  these  have  been  used.  The  remainder  of  the 
illustrations  have  been  gathered  by  utilizing  small  and  crude  "  stock " 
woodcuts  common  in  schoolbooks  and  the  advertisement  columns  of 
the  newspapers  of  that  day. 

LYMAN,  HORACE  SUMNER.  History  of  Oregon;  the  growth 
of  an  American  state.  Associated  board  of  editors,  H.  W. 
Scott,  C.  B.  Bellinger  and  F.  G.  Young.  New  York:  North 
Pacific  pub.  soc.,  1903.  4  vols.  Pis.  Maps.  Ports.  8°. 

The  merits  of  this  work  are  enhanced  by  the  illustrations  which  ac- 
company it.  These  are  taken  from  many  original  sources,  and  include 
63  portraits,  47  plates,  1 5  maps,  and  2  facsimiles. 

LYNCH,  JAMES.  With  Stevenson  to  California,  1846.  [n.  p.: 

1896.]    65  pp.    12°. 

No  title-page.  Privately  printed,  and  dated  from  Tierra  Redonda, 
San  Luis  Obispo  county,  July,  1896. 

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LYONS,  TIMOTHY  J.  Timothy  H.  Rearden.  A  memoir.  [San 
Francisco:  ca.  1893.]  16  pp.  8°. 

Apparently  privately  issued.  Judge  Rearden  came  to  California  in 
1863,  and  his  death  occurred  at  San  Francisco  in  1892.  He  was  in  his 
literary  attainments  perhaps  the  most  accomplished  scholar  that  this 
state  has  yet  had,  and  will  long  be  held  in  remembrance  by  his  printed 
work,  "Petrarch  and  other  essays."  Mr.  Lyons  for  many  years  was 
closely  associated  with  Judge  Rearden,  and  his  essay  is  a  most  graceful 
tribute  to  the  memory  of  his  learned  friend. 

[McCALL,  A.  J.]  Pick  and  pan.  Trip  to  the  diggings  in  1849. 
Reminiscences  of  California  life.  By  an  Argonaut.  Bath,  [N.Y.] : 
Privately  printed,  1883.  46  pp.  8°. 

McCLELLAN,  ROLANDER  GUY.  The  golden  state;  a  his- 
tory of  the  region  west  of  the  Rocky  mountains,  embracing 
California,  Oregon,  Nevada,  Utah,  Arizona,  Idaho,  Washing' 
ton  territory,  British  Columbia,  and  Alaska.  Philadelphia :  Pub' 
lished  by  William  Flint  6?  company,  1872.  685  pp.  Pis.  8°. 

M'COLLUM,  WILLIAM  S.  California  as  I  saw  it.  Its  new 

cities  and  villags  [sic];  its  rapid  accession  of  population;  its 
soil,  climate,  and  productions.  Pencillings  by  the  way  of  its 
gold  and  gold  diggers!  and  incidents  of  travel  by  land  and 
water.  By  William  S.  M'Collum,  M.  D.,  a  returned  adventurer. 
Buffalo:  Published  by  George  H.  Derby  5?  co.,  1850.  iv,  5^72 
pp.  8°. 

McCUE,  JAMES.  Twenty 'one  years  in  California.  Incidents  in 
the  life  of  a  stage'driver.  What  he  has  seen ;  what  he  knows 
about  gambling,  horseTacing,  lawmakers,  and  bad  whiskey. 
The  subject  of  this  story  is  well-known  throughout  the  Pacific 
coast  as  Jim  McCue.  San  Francisco:  [ca.  1878].  30  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Cover'title.  The  very  curious  production  of  a  strange  character.  Ac' 
cording  to  his  narrative,  he  so  strenuously  conducted  his  stage  line  in 
opposition  to  the  California  stage  company  that  the  latter  was  forced 
from  business. 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

MACDONALD,  DAVID  F.  The  moral  law:  a  series  of  prac- 
tical sermons  on  the  decalogue  or  the  ten  commandments; 
preached  in  Emmanuel  church,  Coloma,  California.  Sacramen- 
to :  James  Anthony  6?  co.,  printers,  Daily  Union  office,  1858. 
(2),  152  pp.  8°. 
An  early  Californian  divine  of  great  force  and  eloquence. 

McDONALD,  FRANK  V.  Notes  preparatory  to  a  biography 
of  Richard  Hayes  McDonald  of  San  Francisco,  California.  Com- 
piled and  edited  by  his  eldest  child,  Frank  V.  McDonald.  Vol. 
I.  Cambridge:  University  press,  John  Wilson  and  son,  1881. 
xix,  (7)  pp.  i  1.  29-95,  119  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  4°. 

An  extremely  elaborate  work,  elegantly  printed  in  an  edition  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  copies.  The  contents,  though  greatly  disconnected, 
are  of  much  interest,  relating  chiefly  to  Dr.  McDonald's  earlier  life  and 
career  in  California.  This  volume  was  all  that  was  published. 

MACDONALD  LIBRARY.  A  list  of  books.  Californiana  and 
the  Pacific  in  the  library  of  Augustin  S.  Macdonald.  Oakland, 
California:  Enquirer  pub.  co.,  1903.  76,  (i)  pp.  8°. 

Privately  printed.  One  of  the  most  notable  collections  of  Pacific  coast 
material  yet  formed.  In  this  there  have  been  included  titles  of  nearly 
three  thousand  works,  relating  principally  to  California. 

MACFIE,  MATTHEW.  Vancouver  island  and  British  Colum- 
bia. Their  history,  resources  and  prospects.  London:  Longman, 
[etc.],  1865.  xxi,  (i),  574  pp.  PL  8°. 

McGARRAHAN,  WILLIAM.  The  history  of  the  McGarra- 
ban  claim  as  written  by  himself,  [n.  p.,  n.  d.:  ca.  1878.]  xxviii, 
411  pp.  Maps.  8°. 

The  famous  "Panoche  Grande"  claim  of  the  Panoche  Grande  mining 
company,  in  and  near  Fresno  county.  McGarrahan's  claim  was  con- 
tested for  many  years,  and  finally  declared  fraudulent  by  the  supreme 
court  of  the  United  States.  It  was  believed  that  McGarrahan  was  only 
the  representative  of  a  certain  Wall-street  power  that  directed  and 
supported  him  in  the  long  litigation. 

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McGLASHAN,  CHARLES  FAYETTE.  History  of  the  Donner 
party.  A  tragedy  of  the  Sierras.  Truckee,  Cal. :  Published  by 
Crowley  and  McGlashan,  proprietors  Truckee  Republican. 
193  pp.  8°. 

First  edition.  This  work  was  subsequently  rewritten,  and  extended  by 
the  addition  of  portraits  and  plates.  Many  editions  have  been  published. 

McGOWAN,  EDWARD.  Narrative  of  Edward  McGowan, 
including  a  full  account  of  the  author's  adventures  and  perils 
while  persecuted  by  the  San  Francisco  Vigilance  committee 
of  1856.  San  Francisco:  Published  by  the  author,  1857.  viii, 
9-240  pp.  Port.  Ills.  12°. 

Edward  McGowan,  justice,  was  accused  of  being  an  accomplice  of 
James  P.  Casey  in  the  murder  of  James  King  of  William,  and  to  escape 
the  Vigilance  committee  he  absconded.  After  unusual  vicissitudes,  he 
returned  and  established  a  weekly  paper  called  the  "  Ubiquitous,"  in 
which  at  length  and  with  great  freedom  he  expressed  his  opinions  of 
the  committee  and  its  actions.  The  cover-title  contains  a  portrait  of 
Judge  McGowan  not  elsewhere  in  the  work,  and  without  which  it  is 
incomplete. 

M'lLVAINE,  WILLIAM  JR.  Sketches  of  scenery  and  notes  of 
personal  adventure,  in  California  and  Mexico,  containing  six- 
teen  lithographic  plates.  Philadelphia:  1850.  44  pp.  Pis.  8°. 

Engraved  frontispiece  and  16  plates,  with  descriptive  text.  Among 
these  attractive  views  are  early  drawings  of  San  Francisco  and  Sac- 
ramento. 

McNEIL,  SAMUEL.  McNeil's  travels  in  1849,  to>  through  and 
from  the  gold  regions,  in  California.  By  Samuel  McNeil,  a  shoe' 
maker.  Columbus:  Scott  &?  Bascom,  printers,  1850.  40  pp.  8°. 

McWHORTER,  GEORGE  C.  Incident  in  the  war  of  the  U.  S. 
with  Mexico,  illustrating  the  services  of  Wm.  M.  Wood,  sur- 
geon  U.  S.  N.,  in  effecting  the  acquisition  of  California.  New 
York:  [n.  d.].  10  pp.  8°. 

William  M.  Wood,  being  allowed  to  return  home,  traveled  into 
Mexico  as  far  as  Guadalajara.  An  understanding  had  with  Com.  Sloat 

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was  that  he  should  transmit  to  California  any  important  information 
that  might  be  acquired.  He  accordingly  returned  the  news  of  the  out' 
break  of  the  Mexican  war,  which  reached  Sloat  much  in  advance  of  the 
official  government  advices.  This  allowed  Sloat  to  prepare  and  promptly 
seise  California.  The  commodore  stated  publicly  that  the  intelligence 
he  received  determined  him  to  act  without  delay. 

MALASPINA,  D.  ALEJANDRO.  La  vuelta  al  mundo  por  las 
corbetas  Descubierta  y  Atrevida  al  mando  del  capitan  de  navio 
D.  A.  M.,  desde  1789  a  1794.  Publicado  con  una  introduction 
en  1885  por  el  teniente  de  navio,  D.  Pedro  de  Novo  y  Colson. 
Madrid:  Imprenta  de  la  viuda  e  hijos  de  Abien2io  Isabel  la 
Catolica,  4  y  Pas  6,  1885.  2,  1.  xxxi,  68 1  pp.  Pis.  Fold.  map. 
Port.  F°. 

Malaspina  commanded  a  scientific  expedition  which  was  fitted  out 
in  Cadiz.  He  brought  with  him  a  corps  of  botanists,  naturalists,  artists, 
and  others.  The  explorations  conducted  were  extensive,  and  included 
California  and  the  northwest  coast.  Upon  his  return  to  Spain,  being 
accused  of  certain  crimes  or  irregularities,  he  was  imprisoned.  The  re' 
ports  of  his  expedition  were  not  published  during  the  life  of  Malaspina, 
and  until  the  recent  publication  of  this  volume  they  remained  almost 
unknown. 

MANLY,  WILLIAM  LEWIS.  Death  valley  in  '49.  Important 
chapter  of  California  pioneer  history.  The  autobiography  of 
a  pioneer  detailing  his  life  from  a  humble  home  in  the  Green 
mountains  to  the  gold  mines  of  California;  and  particularly 
reciting  the  sufferings  of  the  band  of  men,  women  and  children 
who  gave  "Death  valley"  its  name.  San  Jose,  Cal. :  The  Pa' 
cific  tree  and  vine  co.,  1894.  498  pp.  Pis.  Port.  8°. 

Manly  was  a  survivor,  and  his  narrative  is  the  best  account  of  that 
ill'fated  expedition. 

MARCOU,  JULES.  Geology  of  North  America;  with  two  re' 
ports  of  the  prairies  of  Arkansas  and  Texas,  the  Rocky  moun' 
tains  of  New  Mexico,  and  the  Sierra  Nevada  of  California, 
originally  made  for  the  United  States  government.  Zurich: 

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Printed  for  the  author,  by  Ziircher  and  Furrer,  1858.  viii,  144 
pp.  7  pis.  3  fold.  maps.  4°. 

Pp.  122-143  contain  a  list  of  maps  and  memoirs  on  the  geology  of 
North  America. 

MARCOU,  JULES.  Notes  upon  the  first  discoveries  of  Cali- 
fornia and  the  origin  of  the  name.  Washington:  1878.  6  pp. 
Map.  8°. 

Republished  from  Appendix  N  N,  of  the  annual  report  of  chief  of 
engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  for  1878. 

MARCY,  RANDOLPH  B.  The  prairie  traveler.  A  hand-book 
for  overland  expeditions.  With  maps,  illustrations,  and  itin- 
eraries of  the  principal  routes  between  the  Mississippi  and  the 
Pacific.  New  York:  Harper  6?  brothers,  publishers,  1859.  xiii, 
(i5>-34o.  Fold.  map.  Ills.  12°. 

Describes  the  various  routes  to  California,  modes  of  traveling,  out- 
fitting, etc.  This  for  many  years  remained  the  standard  authority  upon 
the  overland  routes.  Several  editions  exist. 

MARKHOFF,  AL.  [  In  Russian.  ]  Eastern  Siberia,  Asia,  Okhotsk, 
Russian  possessions  in  America;  condition  of  the  savages; 
California ;  project  of  a  trading  expedition  around  the  world. 
Voyage  of  AL  Markhoff.  Second  enlarged  and  revised  edition. 
St.  Petersburg:  1856.  263  pp.  12°. 
California,  pp.  116-228. 

MARRYAT,  FREDERICK.  Narrative  of  the  travels  and  ad- 
ventures of  Monsieur  Violet,  in  California,  Sonora,  &  Western 
Texas.  In  three  volumes.  London :  Longman,  Brown,  Green, 
&?  Longmans,  Paternoster  Row,  1843.  12°.  Vol.  I,  viii,  312  pp. 
Map.  II,  318  pp.  Ill,  299  pp. 

This  work  doubtless  is  more  or  less  fictitious,  but  it  possesses  all  the 
charm  and  fascination  of  its  spirited  old  writer. 

MARRYAT,  SAMUEL  FRANCIS.  Mountains  and  molehills, 
or  recollections  of  a  burnt  journal.  By  Frank  Marryat.  With 

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illustrations  by  the  author.  London :  Longman,  Brown,  Green, 
and  Longmans,  1855.  x  pp.  i  1.  443  pp.  8°. 

An  entertaining  work,  and  greatly  superior  to  the  New  York  edition 
of  the  same  year.  The  colored  lithographs,  eight  in  number,  depicting 
Californian  life  and  scenes,  are  the  most  attractive  prints  of  that  period. 

MARTIN,  ROBERT  MONTGOMERY.  The  Hudson  bay  ter- 
ritories, and  Vancouver's  island,  with  an  exposition  of  the  char' 
tered  rights,  conduct  and  policy  of  the  Honble  Hudson's  Bay 
company.  London:  T.  and  W.  Boone,  no.  29  New  Bond  street, 
MDCCCXLIX.  viii,  175  pp.  Fold.  map.  Ills.  8°. 

MATTHEWS,  MARY  McNAIR.  Ten  years  in  Nevada:  or 
life  on  the  Pacific  coast,  by  Mrs.  M.  M.  Matthews.  Buffalo : 
Baker,  Jones  6?  co.,  printers  and  binders,  222  Washington  St., 
1880.  343  pp.  Ports.  8°. 

The  author  lived  in  Nevada  state  from  1869  to  1879.  Her  work  is 
of  some  value,  although  without  literary  pretensions. 

MAXWELL,  HU.  Evans  and  Sontag,  the  famous  bandits  of  Cali' 
fornia.  New  York:  Trade  supplied  by  the  American  news 
company,  [1893].  248  pp.  Ports.  Ills.  12°. 
The  best  account  of  these  notorious  outlaws. 

MAZA,  FRANCISCO  F.  Codigo  de  colonisation  y  terrenes 
baldios  de  la  republica  Mexicana  formado  por  Francisco  F.  de 
la  Maz,a  y  publicado  segun  acuerdo  del  presidente  de  la  repub- 
lica. Por  conducto  de  la  secretaria  de  estado  y  el  despacho 
de  fomento.  Anos  de  1451  a  1892.  Mexico:  Oficina  tip.  de 
la  secretaria  de  fomento.  Calle  de  San  Antonio  num.  15, 1893. 
1138,97  pp.  8°. 

Includes  all  the  laws  and  regulations  relating  to  the  colonization  of 
the  Californias. 

MEACHAM,  A.  B.  Wigwam  and  war-path ;  or  the  royal  chief 
in  chains.  Illustrated  by  portraits  of  the  author,  Gen.  Canby, 
Dr.  Thomas,  Capt.  Jack,  Schonchin,  Scar'faced  Charley,  Black 

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Jim,  Boston  Charley,  Tobey  and  Riddle,  and  eleven  other  spir- 
ited and  life-like  engravings  of  actual  scenes  from  Modoc  In- 
dian life,  as  witnessed  by  the  author.  Boston:  John  P.  Dale 
and  company,  27  Boylston  street,  1875.  xxiii,  700  pp.  Ports. 
Ills.  8°. 

Meacham  was  a  survivor  of  the  tragic  occurrence  at  the  lava  beds, 
where  Gen.  Canby  and  Dr.  Thomas  were  treacherously  murdered. 

ME  ARES,  JOHN.  Voyages  made  in  the  years  1788  and  1789, 
from  China  to  the  northwest  coast  of  America.  To  which 
are  prefixed  an  introductory  narrative  of  a  voyage  performed 
in  1786,  from  Bengal  in  the  ship  Nootka;  observations  on  the 
probable  existence  of  a  northwest  passage ;  and  some  account 
of  the  trade  between  the  northwest  coast  of  America  and 
China;  and  the  latter  country  and  Great  Britain.  London: 
Printed  at  the  Logographic  press ;  and  sold  by  J.  Walter,  no. 
169  Piccadilly,  MDCCXC.  viii,  (12),  xcvi,  372,  (108)  pp.  Pis. 
Maps.  Ports.  4°. 

This  narrative  is  a  most  important  work.  It  was  on  these  discoveries 
by  Meares  that  the  claim  of  the  British  to  Oregon  mainly  depended. 
In  the  treaty  between  England  and  Spain  which  followed  the  Nootka 
affair  the  Spanish  claims  were  disallowed,  and  the  Spanish  withdrew. 
Subsequently,  in  the  arbitration  on  the  Oregon  question,  England  finally 
yielded  to  the  United  States  much  territory  claimed  under  the  discov- 
eries made  by  Meares. 

MENDELL,  GEORGE  H.  Report  on  the  various  projects  for 
the  water  supply  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  made  to  the  mayor, 
the  auditor,  and  the  district  attorney,  constituting  the  board  of 
water  commissioners.  San  Francisco :  Spaulding  &  Barto,  steam 
book  and  job  printers,  1877.  ix,  223  pp.  17  fold.  maps.  8°. 

Valuable  report,  prepared  by  the  engineer  of  the  water  commission, 
and  reprinted  from  the  San  Francisco  municipal  report,  1876-77. 

MENEFEE,C.  A.  Historical  and  descriptive  sketch  book  of  Napa, 
Sonoma,  Lake  and  Mendocino,  comprising  sketches  of  their 

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topography,  productions,  history,  scenery,  and  peculiar  attrac- 
tions.  Napa  City:  Reporter  publishing  house,  1873.  356  pp. 
Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

Although  indifferently  arranged,  this  book  contains  a  large  amount 
of  local  history  and  biography  not  readily  accessible  elsewhere. 

MENGARINI,  GREGORY.  A  Selish  or  Flat-head  grammar,  by 
the  Rev.  Gregory  Mengarini  of  the  Society  of  Jesus.  New 
York:  Cramoisy  press,  1861.  viii,  122,  pp.  8°. 

Shea's  library  of  American  linguistics,  ii.  Titles  in  English  and  Latin. 
Father  Mengarini  was  engaged  for  many  years  in  missionary  labors 
among  the  Indians  of  Oregon.  One  hundred  copies  were  printed  in  8°, 
and  a  few  ( 25,  it  is  stated )  were  issued  in  4°. 

MESSAGE  OF  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 
TO  THE  TWO  HOUSES  OF  CONGRESS,  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  second  session  of  the  thirtieth  Congress, 
December  5, 1848.  Washington:  Printed  by  Wendell  and  Van 
Benthuysen,  1848.  1275  pp.  Fold,  plans.  Maps.  8°. 

Contains  the  earliest  official  accounts  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Cali- 
fornia,  with  a  colored  map  of  California  and  three  folding  maps  of  the 
newly  discovered  gold  districts.  The  official  correspondence  and  reports 
relating  to  the  military  and  naval  operations  of  the  United  States  army 
in  California  are  also  included.  The  public  importance  of  this  document 
was  so  great  that,  in  addition  to  the  usual  number,  1 5,000  extra  copies 
were  issued  by  order  of  Congress. 

[  METLAR,  GEORGE  W.]  Northern  California,  Scott  and  Kla- 
math  rivers,  their  inhabitants  and  characteristics— its  histori- 
cal features  —  arrival  of  Scott  and  his  friends — mining  interests. 
A  true  portrait  of  the  miner,  his  habits  and  customs  or  at- 
tributes of  character— estimation  of  the  nice  young  man  by 
the  ladies  — our  climate  and  geographical  features  — England's 
vain  glorious  boasting— American  nationality  contrasted— 
historical  incident  connected  with  General  Washington,  to- 
gether with  a  life-like  picture  of  San  Francisco.  By  a  practical 

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miner.  Yreka:  Yreka  Union  office— J.  Tyson,  printer,  1856. 
24  pp.  12°. 

A  very  curious  work,  and  probably  the  first  book  to  be  printed  in 
Yreka. 

MEYER,  CARL.  Nachdem  Sacramento.  Reisebilder  eines  Heim- 
gekehrten.  Aarau :  Druck  und  Verlag  von  H.  R.  Sauerlander, 
1855.  i  I  364,  (i)  pp.  12°. 

The  cover  contains  an  attractive  lithograph,  showing  Sutter's  fort, 
Californian  Indians,  mining  scenes,  etc. 

MILLER,  CINCINNATUS  HINER,  [called  JO  AQUIN].  Life 
amongst  the  Modocs.  Unwritten  history  by  Joaquin  Miller. 
London:  Richard  Bentley  and  son,  New  Burlington  street, 
1873.  viii,  400  pp.  8°. 

First  edition.  The  author  was  an  advocate  of  the  cause  of  these  In' 
dians,  and  this  work  is  in  the  best  of  his  forceful,  vigorous  style.  The 
American  edition  appeared  the  following  year. 

MILTON,  WILLIAM  FITZWILLI  AM,  [VISCOUNT].  Ahistory 
of  the  San  Juan  water  boundary  question,  as  affecting  the  divi' 
sion  of  territory  between  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States. 
Collected  and  compiled  from  official  papers  and  documents 
printed  under  the  authority  of  Great  Britain,  Ireland,  and  the 
United  States  of  America,  and  from  other  sources.  London : 
Cassell,  Fetter,  and  Galpin,  1869.  (2)  44^  PP-  2  f°ld.  m^ps.  8°. 
An  important  and  highly  esteemed  compilation. 

THE  MINER'S  OWN  BOOK,  containing  correct  illustrations 
and  descriptions  of  the  various  modes  of  California  mining. 
Including  all  the  improvements  introduced  from  the  earliest 
days  to  the  present  time.  San  Francisco :  Published  by  Hutch' 
ings  6?  Rosenfield,  146  Montgomfry  [sic]  street,  1858.  32  pp. 
Ills.  8°. 

The  illustrations  are  by  Nahl.  In  some  copies  the  woodcut  on  page 
23,  "Washing  the  blankets,"  is  inverted.  This  work,  made  up  from 

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articles  that  appeared  in  "  Hutchings1  California  magazine,"  was  prob' 
ably  issued  for  the  Fraser  river  miners. 

THE  MINER'S  PROGRESS;  or,  scenes  in  the  life  of  a  Cali- 
fornian  miner.  Being  a  series  of  humorous  illustrations  of  the 
"  ups  and  downs "  of  a  gold  digger  in  pursuit  of  his  "  pile." 
Sacramento:  Published  at  the  Daily  Union  office,  1853.  16  pp. 
Ills.  8°. 

The  illustrations,  eleven  in  all,  were  drawn  by  Nahl,  and  are  accom' 
panied  by  poetical  descriptions. 

MITHOUARD,  J.  La  Californie.  Documents  officiels  et  ren- 
seignements  recueillis  et  publics.  Paris :  Au  comptoir  des  publi' 
cations  nationales,  22,  rue  Grange-Bateliere,  1850.  iii,  168  pp.  16°. 

One  of  the  numerous  publications  descriptive  of  the  routes  to  Cali' 
fornia,  mines,  resources,  etc.,  published  to  induce  emigration  from  France. 
Several  editions  were  issued. 

THE  MODOC  WAR :  statement  of  its  origin  and  causes,  con' 
taining  an  account  of  the  treaty,  copies  of  petitions,  and  oflp 
cial  correspondence.  Portland,  Oregon :  "  Bulletin  "  steam  book 
and  job  printing  office,  1873.  56  pp.  8°. 

MOLLHAUSEN,  BALDWIN.  Diary  of  a  journey  from  the 
Mississippi  to  the  coasts  of  the  Pacific  with  a  United  States 
government  expedition.  With  an  introduction  by  Alexander 
von  Humboldt  and  illustrations  in  chromo'lithography.  Lon' 
don:  Longman  6?  co.,  1858.  2  vols.  8°.  Vol.  I,  352  pp.  7  col. 
pis.  II,  397  pp.  5  col.  pis.  Woodcuts. 

Mollhausen  accompanied  the  expedition  as  topographical  draughts' 
man  and  naturalist. 

MONEY,  WILLIAM.  Reform  of  the  New  Testament  church. 
By  William  Money,  bishop,  deacon  and  defender  of  the  faith 
of  Jesus  Christ.  Los  Angeles:  1854.  8°. 

Titles  in  English  and  Spanish.  The  cover-title  is  dated  1855.  This  is 
one  of  the  earliest  works  issued  in  Los  Angeles. 

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MONTALVO,  GARCIA  ORDONEZ  DE.  Las  sergas  del  muy 
esforsado  cabalero  Esplandian,  hijo  del  excelento  re  Amadis  de 
Gaula.  Se villa:  1510.  F°. 

The  name  "  California"  is  first  found  in  this  work,  once  popular,  but 
for  nearly  three  centuries  utterly  forgotten.  It  was  brought  to  the  at' 
tention  of  scholars  in  1862  by  Edward  Everett  Hale,  who  discovered 
and  republished  that  portion  of  the  narrative  in  which  California  is 
mentioned.  The  work  is  in  the  nature  of  a  sequel  to  Amadis  of  Gaul, 
Esplandian  being  the  valiant  son  of  that  distinguished  personage.  The 
"  Sergas,"  or  achievements  of  the  doughty  Esplandian,  are  of  course  en' 
tirely  fictitious,  and  were  it  not  for  the  curious  fact  noted,  the  volume 
long  since  would  have  passed  into  oblivion.  As  it  is,  it  occupies  a 
unique  position  in  the  literature  of  California.  Of  the  first  edition  (i  510), 
it  is  believed  that  no  copy  is  in  existence.  That  it  was  much  in  vogue 
in  its  day  is  attested  by  the  numerous  editions  through  which  it  passed 
before  its  popularity  so  greatly  waned.  Other  editions  have  been :  — 
i.  Las  sergas  del  virtuoso  cavellero  Esplandiana  hijo  d' Amadis  de  Gaula. 
Toledo :  For  Juan  de  Villaguira  impressor,  1521.  131  pp.  F°.  2.  Burgos : 
En  costa,  y  expensa  de  Juan  di  Junta,  1526.  F°.  (Two  editions.)  3.  Se' 
villa:  En  casa  de  Jua  Cromberger,  1542.  119  pp.  F°.  4.  Caragoca:  En 
casa  Simon  de  Portonariis,  1587.  120  pp.  F°.  5.  Madrid:  1857.  8°.  There 
were  also  the  more  obscure  editions  of  1519, 1525,  and  1578,  and,  later, 
some  translations  into  English. 

MONTGOMERY,  ZACH.  Tbe  Schroder  trial.  Bottom  facts 
and  leading  incidents  connected  witb  the  killing  of  Dr.  Alfred 
Le  Fevre,  and  the  trial  and  disgraceful  acquittal  of  the  slayer. 
Undoubted  innocence  of  the  deceased.  The  veiled  woman  that 
threatened  to  have  revenge,  and  how  she  accomplished  her 
threat.  .  .  .  The  author's  object  in  publishing  this  pamphlet  is 
not  to  villify  the  guilty  living,  but  to  vindicate  the  memory 
of  the  slandered  dead.  [Oakland,  Gal.]:  Copyrighted  i88i,by 
Zach  Montgomery.  21  pp.  8°. 

This  case  was  highly  sensational,  and  involved  some  of  the  members 
of  a  distinguished  family  prominently  known  in  San  Francisco.  An' 
other  edition  of  this  pamphlet  contains  portraits  of  the  slayer  and  his 
victim. 

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MORISON,  JOHN  H.  Dying  for  our  country :  a  sermon  on  the 
death  of  Capt.  J.  Sewell  Reed  and  Rev.  Thomas  Starr  King ; 
preached  in  the  First  Congregational  church  in  Milton,  March 
13,  1864.  Boston:  Printed  by  John  Wilson  and  son,  1864.  28 
pp.  8°. 

Biographical.  J.  Sewell  Reed,  a  native  of  Milton,  Mass.,  came  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1850,  when  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  was  connected  with  the 
militia  until  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war,  when  in  1862  he  raised  and 
commanded  the  famous  company  known  as  the  "  California  hundred." 
He  was  killed  near  Drainsville,  Va.,  Feb.  22, 1864. 

MORSE,  JOHN  F.,  and  COLVILLE,  SAMUEL.  Illustrated 
sketches  of  California,  including  general  references  to  its  discov 
ery,  early  missions,  revolutions,  and  settlement  by  the  United 
States;  together  with  a  more  ample  history  of  Sacramento 
valley  and  city,  and  biographical  references  to  prominent  in' 
dividuals.  Sacramento :  Printed  for  the  publisher  at  the  Demo' 
cratic  State  Journal  office,  1854.  46,  8  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

Devoted  chiefly  to  mission  history  and  a  sketch  of  the  life  of  John 
A.  Sutter.  A  series  of  this  publication  was  intended,  but  number  one, 
March,  1854,  was  all  that  appeared. 

THE  MORTARA  CASE.  Addresses  by  the  Hon.  Solomon 
Heydenfeldt ;  Rev.  Drs.  Eckman,  Scott,  Peck  and  Henry ;  Col. 
E.  D.  Baker,  Messrs.  F.  P.  Tracy,  M.  M.  Noah,  and  others. 
Preamble  and  resolutions  unanimously  adopted;  letter  from 
Dr.  Cutler;  remarks  of  the  press,  etc.  etc.,  and,  sermon  on 
"Religious  intolerance,"  (delivered  at  the  Unitarian  church). 
San  Francisco :  Towne  6?  Bacon,  printers,  Excelsior  book  and 
job  office,  1859.  52  pp.  8°. 

The  abduction  at  Bologna,  Italy,  of  the  son  of  one  Mortara,  a  He' 
brew,  caused  this  protest  against  religious  intolerance. 

MORTIMER,  CHARLES.  Life  and  career  of  the  most  skillful 
and  noted  criminal  of  his  day,  Charles  Mortimer,  (Charles 
Flinn  of  Massachusetts),  and  full  confession  written  by  him' 

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self  immediately  after  his  conviction  at  Sacramento  for  the 
murder  of  Mary  Gibson.  Revelations  of  thirty  years  of  crime 
in  Vermont,  Connecticut,  Massachusetts,  New  York,  foreign 
lands,  and  in  California.  The  Caroline  Prewel  murder— the 
Mary  Gibson  murder— career  of  Carrie  Spencer— eight  years 
of  prison  life— many  mysteries  made  clear— hundreds  of  crimes 
revealed  — startling  disclosures  of  the  ways  of  criminals  and 
officers— Santa  Cruz;  treasury  robbery.  With  an  introduction 
detailing  facts  fixing  the  authenticity  of  the  volume  and  giving 
an  account  of  Mortimer's  trial  and  conviction  and  the  at- 
tempted rescue  by  Mortimer's  brother,  and  his  tragic  death. 
(Remarkable  and  authentic  book.)  Sacramento :  Record  steam 
book  and  job  printing  house,  1873.  112  pp.  Port.  Ills.  8°. 

Some  of  the  tragic  accomplishments  described  in  these  pages  outrival 
even  the  Newgate  calendar.  Justice  decreed  that  Mortimer  had  entirely 
outlived  the  period  of  his  usefulness,  and  he  was  executed  May  15, 1873. 

MOSHER,  LEROY  E.  Stephen  M.  White.  Californian,  citizen, 
lawyer,  senator.  His  life  and  work.  A  character  sketch  by 
Leroy  E.  Mosher.  Together  with  his  principal  public  addresses 
compiled  by  Robert  Woodland  Gates,  his  former  private  secre- 
tary.  In  two  volumes.  Los  Angeles :  The  Times'Mirror  com- 
pany,  publishers,  1903.  Vol.  I,  386  pp.  Port.  8°.  II,  334  pp. 

MOUNTAIN  MEADOWS  MASSACRE.  History  of  the 
Mountain  Meadows  massacre,  or  the  butchery  in  cold  blood 
of  134  men,  women,  and  children  by  Mormons  and  Indians, 
September,  1857,  also  a  full  and  complete  account  of  the  trial, 
confession  and  execution  of  John  D.  Lee,  the  leader  of  the 
murderers.  San  Francisco :  Spaulding  6?  Barto,  book  and  job 
printers,  414  Clay  street,  1877.  32  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Cover'title.  Published  by  the  Pacific  art  company  of  San  Francisco, 
for  distribution  with  their  celebrated  picture  of  Mountain  Meadows. 

MO  WRY,  SYLVESTER.  Arizona  and  Sonora:  the  geography, 
history  and  resources  of  the  silver  region  of  North  America. 


AND  THE  PACIFIC  WEST 

Third  edition,  revised  and  enlarged.  New  York:  Harper  6? 
brothers,  publishers,  Franklin  square,  1864.  xiv,  1 5-251  pp. 
111.  12°. 

The  author  claims  for  his  work  but  this  merit  —  "  accuracy  of  state' 
ment  and  an  entire  absence  of  exaggeration." 

MUIR,  JOHN.  Our  national  parks.  Boston  and  New  York: 
Houghton,  Mifflin  and  company.  The  Riverside  press,  Canv 
bridge,  1903.  4  1.  370  pp.  Pis.  Map.  8°. 

Describes  chiefly  the  Yellowstone  and  the  Yosemite.  John  Muir  has 
been  for  many  years  California's  best-known  nature-writer.  Much  of 
his  writing  has  appeared  in  the  periodical  press,  although  in  1894  he 
published  a  charming  work  descriptive  of  the  natural  beauties  of  the 
mountains  of  California. 

MUIR,  JOHN.  Picturesque  California  and  the  region  west  of 
the  Rocky  mountains,  from  Alaska  to  Mexico.  Edited  by  John 
Muir.  Containing  over  six  hundred  beautiful  etchings,  photo- 
gravures,  wood  engravings,  etc.,  by  eminent  American  artists. 
San  Francisco,  and  New  York:  The  J.  Dewing  company,  1888' 
1891.  10  vols.  Pis.  F°. 

An  elaborate  work,  of  which  there  were  several  editions.  The  su- 
perior publication,  issued  in  ten  parts,  contains  sundry  proofs  on  satin 
of  the  etchings  of  Hill,  Moran,  and  others,  also  numerous  smaller  India 
proof  insets,  none  of  which  accompanied  the  work  in  its  cheaper  forms 
of  publication. 

MULFORD,  PRENTICE.  Prentice  Mulford's  story.  Life  by 
land  and  sea.  New  York :  F.  J.  Needham,  publisher,  52  West 
Fourteenth  st.,  1889.  iv,  299  pp.  12°. 

Published  in  the  White  Cross  library.  A  most  charming  work,  and 
but  little  known.  Mulford  came  to  California  in  1856,  remaining  for 
sixteen  years,  and  his  story  is  chiefly  of  this  richly  colored  period. 

MULLAN,  JOHN.  Miners  and  travelers'  guide  to  Oregon, 
Washington,  Idaho,  Montana,  Wyoming  and  Colorado,  via  the 
Missouri  and  Columbia  rivers.  New  York :  Published  by  Wm. 
M.  Franklin,  [for  the  author],  1865.  153  pp.  Fold.  map.  12°. 

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Captain  Mullan  conducted  the  survey  for  a  northern  wagon-road. 
He  was  for  many  years  occupied  with  his  civil  war  claims  in  Califor' 
nia,  which  were  never  entirely  satisfied,  although  his  death  occurred 
but  recently. 

MULLER,  GERHARD  FRIEDRICH.  Voyages  from  Asia  to 
America  for  completing  the  discoveries  of  the  northwest  coast 
of  America.  To  which  is  prefixed  a  summary  of  the  voyages 
made  by  the  Russians  on  the  Frozen  sea,  in  search  of  a  north' 
east  passage.  Serving  as  an  explanation  of  a  map  of  the  Russian 
discoveries,  published  by  the  Academy  of  Sciences  at  Peters' 
burgh.  Translated  from  the  High  Dutch  of  S.  Miiller  of  the 
Royal  Academy  of  Petersburgh,  by  Thomas  Jeffreys,  geographer 
to  his  Majesty.  With  the  addition  of  three  new  maps.  i.  A 
copy  of  part  of  the  Japanese  map  of  the  world.  2.  A  copy  of 
De  Lisle's  and  Buache's  fictitious  map,  and,  3.  A  large  map  of 
Canada,  extending  to  the  Pacific  ocean,  containing  the  new 
discoveries  made  by  the  Russians  and  French.  London :  Printed 
by  T.  Jeffries,  the  corner  of  St.  Martin's  Lane,  Charing  Cross, 
1761.  viii,  xliii,  76  pp.  3  maps.  4°. 

A  work  of  great  importance,  being  one  of  the  earliest  on  this  subject. 
Two  of  the  maps  are  of  special  interest.  One  shows  the  entire  Pacific 
coast  from  Catalina  island  to  the  Arctic ;  the  other,  from  the  Bay  of 
Pines,  discovered  by  the  Spaniards  in  1542,  to  Mount  St.  Elias.  The 
original  edition  of  this  work  was  printed  in  German.  A  French  edition 
was  published,  and  a  second  English  edition  appeared  in  1764. 

MUNK,  JOSEPH  A.  Bibliography  of  Arizona  books,  pamphlets, 
and  periodicals  in  the  library  of  Dr.  J.  A.  Munk  [of  Los  An' 
geles,  Cal.].  Los  Angeles,  California,  1900.  28  pp.  8°. 

Cover'title.  This  collection  of  Arizoniana  is  the  largest  and  most 
extensive  that  has  yet  been  formed.  A  second  edition  of  the  bibliog- 
raphy, greatly  enlarged,  was  published  in  1908,  in  which  the  owner  has 
recorded  nearly  2500  titles. 

MURDER  OF  M.  V.  B.  GRISWOLD  BY  FIVE  CHINESE 

ASSASSINS.  Together  with  the  life  of  Griswold  and  the  state' 

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ment  of  Foil  Sin,  Chou  Lee  and  Coon  You,  convicted  and  sen' 
tenced  to  be  hung  at  Jackson,  Apr.  16,  1858.  Also  ...  a 
history  of  the  murder  made  up  from  the  testimony  elicited  at 
the  coroner's  inquest,  and  the  trials.  Jackson,  [Cal.]:  T.  A. 
Springer  6?  co.,  print.,  1858.  32  pp.  Ports.  8°. 

Cover'title  contains  portrait  of  Fou  Sin,  the  principal  criminal,  and 
portraits  of  the  other  Chinese  are  included  in  the  work.  This  extremely 
rare  book  is  probably  the  earliest  issue  of  the  press  in  Jackson. 

MYSTERIES  AND  MISERIES  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  by  a 
Californian,  showing  up  all  the  various  characters  and  nota- 
bilities,  (both  in  high  and  low  life)  that  have  figured  in  San 
Francisco  since  its  settlement.  New  York :  Dick  and  Fitsger- 
aid,  publishers,  18  Ann  street,  [1853].  208  pp.  8°. 

A  tawdry,  sensational  work,  of  which  the  only  claim  for  existence 
is  the  intimate  description  it  contains  of  certain  well-known  people  and 
places. 

MYSTERIES  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO.  Being  an  accurate  jour- 
nal  of  one  who  has  seen  the  Elephant.  Syracuse,  N.  Y. :  1850. 
52  pp.  8°. 

A  lurid  performance,  written  by  one  whose  philanthropy  constrained 
him  to  write,  but  whose  caution  induced  him  to  withhold  his  name. 

NAHL,  ARTHUR  and  CHARLES.  Instructions  in  gymnastics. 
San  Francisco:  1863.  67  pp.  53  pis.  4°. 

The  plates  were  drawn  by  these  eminent  Californian  artists.  The 
design  of  the  beautifully  engraved  title  was  used  for  many  years  as  the 
certificate  of  the  Olympic  club  of  San  Francisco. 

NANTUCKET  PIONEERS.  List  of  persons  from  Nantucket, 
now  in  California,  or  on  their  way  thither,  including  the  names 
of  the  vessels  in  which  they  sailed,  the  time  of  sailing,  and  of 
their  arrival  there,  also  persons  returned.  Nantucket:  1850. 
24  pp.  48°. 

An  unusually  rare  work  of  especial  interest  to  the  genealogist. 

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NEW  ENGLAND  AND  CALIFORNIA  TRADING  AND 
MINING  ASSOCIATION.  Constitution  and  by-laws  of  the 
New  England  and  California  trading  and  mining  association, 
together  with  the  names  of  the  officers  and  members,  the  order 
of  exercises  at  Tremont  temple,  and  the  farewell  address  by 
Rev.  Edward  Beecher.  Boston:  Printed  by  J.  B.  Chisholm, 
[1849].  34  pp.  12°. 

Other  organizations  of  like  character  issued  similar  lists,  most  of 
which  are  now  rare. 

NICOLAY,  CHARLES  GRENFELL.  The  Oregon  territory:  a 
geographical  and  physical  account  of  the  country  and  its  in- 
habitants with  outlines  of  its  history  and  discovery.  By  the 
Rev.  C.  G.  Nicolay.  London:  Charles  Knight  &? co.,  1846.  226 
pp.  111.  Maps.  1 6°. 

A  comprehensive  compilation  made  at  the  time  the  boundary  ques- 
tion  was  engaging  the  attention  of  both  Great  Britain  and  the  United 
States. 

NIXON,  OLIVER  W.  How  Marcus  Whitman  saved  Oregon. 
A  true  romance  of  patriotic  heroism,  Christian  devotion  and 
final  martyrdom.  Introduction  by  Rev.  Frank  W.  Gunsaulus. 
Chicago:  Star  publishing  company,  [1895].  339  pp.  Pis.  Map. 
Ports.  8°. 

Mr.  Nixon  has  here  given  a  highly  dramatic  rendition  of  this  spec- 
tacular feature  of  early  western  history. 

NORDHOFF,  CHARLES.  California:  for  health,  pleasure  and 
residence.  A  book  for  travellers  and  settlers.  New  York :  Har' 
per  6?  brothers,  1874.  255  pp.  Map.  Ills.  8°. 

Mr.  NordhofFs  descriptions  of  the  natural  attractions  of  California 
were  considered  the  best  of  their  time  and  much  esteemed. 

NORDHOFF,  CHARLES.  Northern  California,  Oregon,  and 
Sandwich  islands.  New  York:  Harper  6?  bros.,  1877.  256  pp. 
Ills.  8°. 

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NORMAN,  LUCIA.  A  youth's  history  of  California  from  the 
earliest  period  of  its  discovery  to  the  present  time.  San  Fran' 
cisco :  A.  Roman  &?  company,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street, 
1867.  x,  187  pp.  PL  12°. 

This  little  work,  although  somewhat  elementary,  presents  superior 
merits  to  many  of  much  greater  pretension. 

THE  NORTHWEST  COAST  OF  AMERICA,  being  the  re- 
sults of  recent  ethnological  researches  from  the  collections  of 
the  royal  museums  at  Berlin.  Published  by  the  directors  of 
the  ethnological  department.  Translated  from  the  German. 
New  York:  Dodd,  Mead  6?  company,  [n.  d.].  2  1.  12  pp.  12 
col.  pis.  F°. 

A  series  of  most  beautifully  colored  plates  of  masks,  carved  spoons, 
bowls,  totems,  and  other  ethnological  objects  of  the  northwest,  accom- 
panied by  descriptive  text. 

NORTHWESTERN  AMERICAN  BOUNDARY.  Case  of 
the  government  of  her  British  Majesty,  submitted  to  the  ar- 
bitration  and  award  of  his  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Germany, 
in  accordance  with  article  xxxiv  of  the  treaty  between  Great 
Britain  and  the  United  States  of  America,  signed  at  Washing- 
ton, May  8,  1871.  Presented  to  both  houses  of  Parliament  by 
command  of  her  Majesty,  1873.  London:  Printed  by  Harrison 
and  sons,  [1873].  iv,  41  pp.  F°.  Memorial  on  Canal  de  Haro 
as  the  boundary  line.  36  pp.  Second  and  definitive  statement. 
1 6,  xxxiv  pp.  Reply  of  the  United  States.  45  pp.  Maps,  (num- 
bered, 1-5,  and  lettered,  A-O,  19  folding  maps  and  charts). 
Correspondence.  12  pp. 

The  above,  issued  in  one  folio  volume,  present  the  claims  made  by 
Great  Britain,  with  the  exhibits  of  maps  and  accompanying  documents. 

NORTHWESTERN  AMERICAN  BOUNDARY.  Papers  re- 
lating to  the  treaty  of  Washington.  Containing  the  memorial 
of  the  United  States  on  the  Canal  de  Haro  as  its  boundary- 

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line ;  case  of  the  government  of  her  Britannic  Majesty ;  reply 
of  the  United  States  thereto ;  second  and  definitive  statement 
of  the  government  of  her  Britannic  Majesty ;  and  correspon- 
dence.  Washington:  Government  printing  office,  1872.  x,  271 
pp.  19  fold.  maps.  8°. 

A  very  valuable  document,  being  "  Papers  relating  to  the  Treaty  of 
Washington,  Berlin  arbitration,"  vol.  V.  The  maps,  taken  from  English, 
Spanish,  French,  and  American  sources,  illustrate  chronologically  the 
defines  of  the  boundary  in  question,  to  which  ample  notes  are  included 
in  the  text. 

NORTON,  L.  A.  Life  and  adventures  of  Col.  L.  A.  Norton. 
Written  by  himself.  Oakland,  Gal:  Pacific  Press  publishing 
house,  1887.  viii,  9-492  pp.  Port.  12°. 

The  author  was  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican  war.  His  accounts  of  early 
days  in  Placerville  and  elsewhere  are  in  the  vein  of  the  old  pioneer  — 
generally  interesting,  and  sometimes  slightly  but  not  offensively  coarse. 

NOTICE  SUR  LE  TERRITOIRE  ET  SUR  LA  MISSION  DE 
L'OREGON,  suivie  de  quelques  lettres  des  Soeurs  de  Notre' 
Dame  etablies  a  Saint  Paul  du  Wallamette.  Bruxelles :  Bureau 
de  publication  de  la  bibliotheque  d'education,  1847.  I^°  PP- 
Map.  12°. 

NUNES,  JOSEPH  A.  Fast  folks;  or,  the  early  days  of  Califor- 
nia. A  comedy,  in  five  acts.  Philadelphia :  Barnard  6?  Jones, 
printers,  1861.  95  pp.  12°. 

This  comedy  was  played  in  San  Francisco,  at  the  American  theatre, 
July  i,  1858.  It  professes  to  be  "no  more  than  a  reflex  of  some  of  the 
phases  of  society  in  the  early  history  of  that  noble  state."  Dedicated 
to  William  H.  Seward,  as  California's  greatest  and  most  undeviating 
friend. 

[ODENEAL,  T.  B.]  The  Modoc  war;  statement  of  its  origin 
and  causes,  containing  an  account  of  the  treaty,  copy  of  peti- 
tions, and  official  correspondence.  Portland,  Oregon :  "  Bulle- 
tin"  steam  book  and  job  printing  office,  1873.  56  pp.  8°. 

164 


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O'KEEFE,  J.  J.  The  buildings  and  churches  of  the  mission  of 
Santa  Barbara.  Authentic  information  from  its  foundation  to 
the  present  day.  Santa  Barbara:  1886.  40  pp.  8°. 

Father  O'Keefe,  O.  S.  F.,  was  for  many  years  in  charge  of  this  mission. 

OLMSTED,  FRED.  LAW.  Preliminary  report  in  regard  to  a 
plan  of  public  pleasure  grounds  for  the  city  of  San  Francisco, 
by  Olmsted,  Vaux  &P  co.,  landscape  architects.  New  York: 
Wm.  C.  Bryant  6?co.,  printers,  1866.  31  pp.  Photos.  Map.  8°. 
This  report  was  made  under  instructions  of  Mayor  Coon  and  a  com- 
mittee  of  the  board  of  supervisors.  Some  of  his  recommendations  were 
rather  elaborate.  The  map  is  a  reproduction  of  the  coast  survey  map 
of  the  city  of  San  Francisco,  1859,  and  shows  the  location  of  every 
house  in  the  city. 

(TMEARA,  JAMES.  Broderick  and  Gwin.  The  most  extraor- 
dinary contest  for  a  seat  in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States 
ever  known.  A  brief  history  of  early  politics  in  California. 
Sketches  of  prominent  actors  in  the  scenes,  and  an  unbiased 
account  of  the  fatal  duel  between  Broderick  and  Judge  Terry,, 
together  with  the  death  of  Senator  Broderick.  San  Francisco : 
Bacon  6?  company,  printers,  1881.  ix,  254  pp.  16°. 

The  best  and  most  graphic  account  of  this  remarkable  state  of  affairs, 
which  for  a  decade  engaged  the  most  able  political  leaders  of  all  parties, 
with  a  vivid  picture  of  the  accompanying  strenuous  events. 

[CTMEARA,  JAMES.]  The  Vigilance  committee  of  1856.  By 
a  pioneer  journalist.  San  Francisco :  James  H.  Barry,  publisher, 
1887.  57  pp.  12°. 

The  cover-title  bears  the  date  of  1890.  Mr.  O'Meara  was  a  non-sym- 
pathiser, and  his  book  is  written  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  "  Law 
and  order  "  faction. 

OPIS  KALIFORNII  POD  WZGLEDEM  JEROGRAFICZ- 
NYM  STATYSTYCZNYM I  GEOLOGICZNYM.  W  Km- 
kowie:  W  Drukarie  Josefa  Cziecha,  1850.  31  pp.  12°. 

This  and  similar  curious  imprints  demonstrate  the  wide-spread  fame, 
of  the  Californian  gold  diggings. 

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OREGON :  The  claim  of  the  United  States  to  Oregon,  as  stated 
in  the  letters  of  the  Hon.  J.  C.  Calhoun,  and  the  Hon.  J.  Bu- 
chanan, (American  secretary  of  state),  to  the  Right  Hon.  R. 
Pakenham,  her  Britannic  Majesty's  plenipotentiary.  With  an 
appendix,  containing  the  counter  statement  of  Mr.  Pakenham 
to  the  American  secretary  of  state.  And  a  map  showing  the 
boundary  line  proposed  by  each  party.  London:  Wiley  and 
Putnam,  6  Waterloo  Place,  1846.  iv,  3-55, 1 6  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

OREGON  CITY  ALMANAC.  Oregon  City:  Printed  at  Ore- 
gon Spectator  office,  W.  P.  Hudson,  1848.  24  pp.  12°. 

The  first  almanac  of  Oregon,  and  the  earliest  to  be  issued  on  the  Pa' 
cific  coast  north  of  Mexico.  Excessively  rare. 

THE  OREGON  QUESTION  REVIEWED.  In  four  letters.  By 
a  friend  of  the  Anglo-Saxons.  New  York :  Leavitt,  Trow  and 
company,  194  Broadway,  1846.  54  pp.  8°. 

ORTON,  RICHARD  H.  Records  of  California  men  in  the  war 
of  the  Rebellion,  1861  to  1867.  Written  and  compiled  by  Brig.- 
Gen.  Richard  H.  Orton,  adjutant-general  of  California.  Sacra- 
mento :  State  office,  J.  D.  Young,  state  printer,  1890.  887  pp.  8°. 

Contains  regimental  histories  and  the  military  records  of  many  thou- 
sands who  went  from  California  to  take  part  in  the  civil  war. 

OSZWALD,  H.  FR.  Californien  und  seine  Verhaltnisse.  Ein 
unterrichtendes  Handbuch  fur  alle.  Leipzig  und  N.  Y.,  1849. 
130  pp.  Map.  1 6°. 

OUR  CENTENNIAL  MEMOIR.  Founding  of  the  missions. 
San  Francisco  de  Assis  in  its  hundredth  year.  The  celebration 
of  its  foundation.  Historical  reminiscences  of  the  missions  of 
California.  San  Francisco:  Compiled,  printed  and  published 
by  P.  J.  Thomas,  no.  505  Clay  street,  1877.  192  pp.  Pis.  Fold, 
map.  12°. 

The  folding  map  shows  the  Laguna  (or  Pond)  of  Dolores.  Some  copies 
were  issued  with  an  additional  map  of  the  city. 

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OUTCROPPINGS:  being  selections  of  California  verse.  San 
Francisco :  A.  Roman  and  company.  New  York :  W.  J.  Wid- 
dleton,  1866.  144  pp.  12°. 

The  publication  of  this  volume  was  followed  by  much  satirical  criti- 
cism.  Francis  Bret  Harte  was  the  editor,  although  no  poem  of  his  ap- 
pears  in  the  collection.  It  contained  the  best  of  the  earlier  writers,  and 
some  of  these  selections  have  since  become  classics.  Bret  Harte  had  not 
then  reached  the  great  curve  of  his  genius,  and  the  work  and  his  asso- 
ciation  with  it  became  almost  forgotten.  Interest  was  reawakened  in 
1894,  upon  the  appearance  of  "My  first  book,"  although  it  had  been  re- 
called earlier  by  W.  C.  Bartlett,  in  his  book  of  essays,  entitled  "A  breeze 
from  the  woods,"  published  in  1881. 

P.,  D.  P.  E.  El  viagero  universal,  6  noticia  del  mundo  antiguo  y 
nuevo.  Obra  recopilada  de  los  mejores  viageros.  Por  D.  P.  E.  P. 
Tomo  XXVI.  Madrid:  Imprenta  de  Villalpando,  1799.  12°. 

"Description  de  la  California,"  cartas  CCCCLXXXPCCCCXCII,  pp.  6"  189. 
The  work  of  a  writer  whose  identity  appears  to  be  unknown.  It  is 
one  of  the  most  complete  descriptions  or  the  period,  relating  almost 
entirely  to  Alta  California. 

PACIFIC  AND  ATLANTIC  RAILROAD.  Articles  of  asso- 
ciation and  by-laws  of  the  Pacific  and  Atlantic  railroad  com- 
pany ;  together  with  the  general  law  of  the  state  of  California 
for  incorporating  railroad  companies.  San  Jose :  Damon,  Emer- 
son 6?  Jones,  printers,  First  street  near  Santa  Clara,  1851.  40 
pp.  12°. 

This  railroad  extended  from  San  Jose  to  San  Francisco,  and  was  the 
first  to  be  operated  in  California.  William  J.  Lewis  was  the  engineer 
of  construction. 

THE  PACIFIC  COAST  PULPIT,  containing  sermons  by  prom- 
inent preachers  of  San  Francisco  and  vicinity.  Volume  I.  San 
Francisco:  Western  reporting  and  publishing  company,  1875. 
(2),  284  pp.  15  ports.  8°. 

These  sermons  were  delivered  by  the  ablest  of  contemporary  clergy. 
Among  them  are  discourses  by  Revs.  Platt,  Stone,  Patterson,  Jewell, 

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Hemphill,  Mooar,  Wythe,  Hammond,  Benton,  Lathrop,  Scott,  McLean, 
Guard,  Sawtelle,  and  Lacy.  The  portraits  are  fine  photographs  made  by 
Bradley  &  Rulofson. 

PACIFIC  RAILROAD  REPORTS.  Reports  of  explorations 
and  surveys  to  ascertain  the  most  practical  and  economical 
route  for  a  railroad  from  the  Mississippi  river  to  the  Pacific 
ocean,  made  under  the  direction  of  the  secretary  of  war  in 
1 853'6.  Washington:  1855-1861.  12  vols.  in  13.  Pis.  Maps. 
Sections.  4°. 

The  title  conveys  but  little  idea  of  the  value  of  this  great  work.  These 
explorations  were  among  the  most  extensive  and  elaborate  conducted 
by  the  United  States  government.  The  reports  embody  descriptions  of 
every  possible  feature  of  the  physical  and  natural  history  of  the  vast 
country  traversed.  Many  of  the  numerous  plates  are  beautifully  colored, 
which  feature  adds  greatly  to  the  interest  of  the  work. 

PALMER,  JOEL.  Journal  of  travels  over  the  Rocky  mountains 
to  the  mouth  of  the  Columbia  river ;  made  during  the  years 
1845  and  1846,  containing  minute  descriptions  of  the  valleys 
of  the  Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Clamet;  a  general  descrip- 
tion  of  Oregon  territory ;  its  inhabitants,  climate,  soil,  produc- 
tions, etc.,  etc.;  and  a  table  of  distances  from  camp  to  camp 
on  the  route.  Also;  a  letter  from  the  Rev.  H.  H.  Spaulding, 
resident  missionary,  for  the  last  ten  years,  among  the  Nes 
Perce  tribe  of  Indians,  on  the  Koos-koos-ku  river ;  the  organic 
laws  of  Oregon  territory;  tables  of  about  300  words  of  the 
Chinook  jargon,  and  about  200  words  of  the  Nes  Perce  lan- 
guage; a  description  of  Mount  Hood;  incidents  of  travel, 
&c.,  &?c.  Cincinnati :  J.  A.  &  U.  P.  James,  Walnut  street,  be- 
tween Fourth  and  Fifth,  1847.  viii,  9-189  pp.  Errata  slip.  12°. 

This  work  has  become  excessively  rare.  Later  editions  were  issued 
in  1850, 1851,  and  1852. 

PALMER,  JOHN  WILLIAMSON.  The  new  and  the  old;  or, 
California  and  India  in  romantic  aspects.  New  York :  Rudd  6P 

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Carleton,  130  Grand  street.  London :  Sampson  Low,  son  6?  co., 
MDCCCLIX.  xiv  pp.  2  1.  433  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

Pp.  i  "2  5  7  relate  to  California.  The  author,  a  medical  practitioner,  came 
to  California  in  1849,  and  during  that  year  was  city  physician  of  San 
Francisco.  His  sketches  are  rather  different  from  those  of  many  of  his 
fellow-sojourners. 

PALMER,  COOK  &  CO.  Correspondence  between  Henry  M. 
Naglee,  receiver,  Palmer,  Cook  6?  co.,  and  Edward  Stanly. 
Submitted  by  the  former  to  the  creditors  of  Adams  6?  co. 
San  Francisco:  Whitton,  Towne  6?  co.,  printers,  Excelsior 
book  and  job  office,  1856.  31  pp.  8°. 

Upon  the  failure  of  Palmer,  Cook  6?  co.,  bankers,  A.  A.  Cohen  was 
made  one  of  the  receivers.  In  a  suit  by  Naglee  against  Cohen,  before 
Judge  Hager,  judgment  was  rendered  for  $269,000. 

PALOU,  FRANCISCO.  Noticias  de  la  Nueva  California.  Doc- 
umentos  para  la  bistoria  de  Mexico.  Cuarta  serie.  Tomo  V. 
Mexico :  Imprenta  de  Vicente  Garcia  Torres,  calle  de  San  Juan 
de  Letran,  num.  3,  1857.  255  PP-  8°. 

Relates  to  the  history  of  the  period  from  1530  to  1762;  but  from  1697 
to  1706  the  work  is  composed  especially  of  the  letters  of  Padre  Juan 
Salvatierra. 

DOCUMENTOS,  ETC.  Serie  IV.  Tom.  VI.  Mexico :  Imprenta 
de  Vicente  Garcia  Torres,  calle  de  San  Juan  de  Letran,  num.  3, 
1857.  688  PP-  8°-  Part  I,  "De  las  noticias  de  la  Antigua  Cat 
fornia,"  pp.  9-245,  chaps.  i-xl.  Part  II,  "  Expediciones  para  la 
conquista  de  Monterey,"  etc.,  pp.  255-688,  cbaps.  i-1. 

DOCUMENTOS,  ETC.  Serie  IV.  Tom.  VII.  Mexico :  Imprenta 
de  Vicente  Garcia  Torres,  calle  de  San  Juan  de  Letran,  num.  3, 
1857.  Part  III,  "Noticias  de  la  Nueva  California  escritas  por 
el  R.  S.  Fr.  Palou,"  pp.  7-211.  Part  IV,  "Estado  del  cinco  pri- 
meras  misiones,"  pp.  213-396. 

This  is  the  form  in  which  the  "Noticias"  first  appeared  in  print.  All 
those  portions  relating  to  Upper  California  were  subsequently  reprinted 
in  1874  by  the  California  Historical  society. 

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PALOU,  FRANCISCO.  Noticias  de  la  Nueva  California,  es- 
critas  por  el  Rev.  Padre  Fr.  Francisco  Palou.  [Cal.  Historical 
society's  publication.]  San  Francisco :  Imprenta  de  Edouardo 
Bosqui  y  cia,  1874.  4  vols.  Photos.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xx,  270  pp.  II, 
301  pp.  Ill,  315  pp.  IV,  253  pp. 

Photographs:  Vol.  I  — City  of  San  Diego,  1873,  (front.) ;  Mission  of 
San  Diego,  1873,  p.  65;  Commercial  bank,  San  Diego,  1873,  p.  129;  Olive 
orchard  and  palms  at  the  mission  of  San  Diego,  p.  193.  Vol.  II  —  Mission 
of  Santa  Barbara  (front.) ;  Horton's  bank,  San  Diego,  1873,  p.  65 ;  The 
harbor  of  San  Diego,  1873,  p.  145 ;  Courthouse,  San  Diego,  1873,  p.  209 ; 
A  garden  in  San  Diego,  in  February,  p.  273.  Vol.  Ill  —  Mission  of  San  Luis 
Rey,  1842,  and  Ground  plan  of  the  mission  of  San  Luis  Rey  (front.) ;  Mis- 
sion  of  Santa  Clara,  1849,  P-  49  >  Mission  of  Santa  Barbara  —  The  corridor, 
p.  113;  College  of  Santa  Clara  (reconstructed  from  the  old  mission), 
4  prints  in  i,  p.  193.  Vol.  IV  — Custom  house,  San  Francisco,  1846, 
( front.) ;  Mission  of  Santa  Barbara,  p.  65 ;  Ruins  of  the  mission  of  San 
Carlos  (interior),  p.  129;  Id.  (exterior),  p.  193.  Entirely  in  Spanish  ex- 
cept the  historical  introduction,  which  was  written  by  John  T.  Doyle, 
and  is  dated, "  San  Francisco,  March  3  ist,  1875."  "  The '  Noticias '  were 
compiled  by  Palou  in  California,  ( and  mainly  at  the  mission  of  San  Fran' 
cisco,)  prior  to  August,  1784,  from  correspondence,  diaries  and  other 
original  materials  which  passed  through  his  hands  in  the  course  of  his 
duties.  It  was  designed  for  the  use  of  his  convent  of  San  Fernando,  in 
order,  as  he  says,  that  the  brethren  might  possess  a  full  record  of  all  that 
had  passed,  from  which  the  future  historian  might  select  so  much  as 
was  material  and  reject  the  rest.  The  work  remained  in  manuscript  in 
the  library  of  the  convent  probably  till  the  time  of  its  destruction ;  but 
both  convent  and  library  have  disappeared  before  the  '  march  of  im- 
provement.'1 We  owe  the  preservation  of  this  and  other  materials  of 
Mexican  history  to  a  royal  cedula  of  February  2ist,  1790,  whereby 
Charles  IV  directed  the  transcription  of  a  large  number  of  manuscripts 
illustrating  the  early  colonization  and  history  of  the  various  provinces 
of  his  Indian  empire,  for  deposit  in  the  archives  in  Spain.  The  super- 
vision of  this  work,  so  far  as  Mexico  was  concerned,  was  confided  by 
Count  Revillagigedo,  the  viceroy,  to  Father  Fray  Francisco  Garcia  Fi- 
gueroa,  under  whose  direction  a  most  valuable  compilation  was  formed, 
consisting  of  thirty-two  large  folio  volumes,  which  until  lately  existed 
complete  in  the  Mexican  archives.  Some  of  these  volumes,  however, 

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have  also  disappeared  before  the  'march  of  improvement'  in  that  un- 
happy  country.  In  1846  (1856,  R.  E.  c.),  the  present  work,  which  formed 
vols.  22  and  23  of  the  collection,  was,  witn  some  other  early  relations, 
made  use  of  to  furnish  materials  for  the  folletin  of  the  Diario  oficial  of 
Mexico,  and  thus  found  its  way  into  print."  —  Doyle's  Preface.  Contains 
the  accounts  of  the  early  expeditions  of  Portola,  Fathers  Serra,  Crespi, 
and  many  others.  100  copies  were  printed  and  numbered,  although  it 
is  probable  that  the  full  number  was  not  actually  distributed.  Francisco 
Palou,  a  native  of  Mallorca,  became  a  Franciscan  under  Junipero  Serra, 
with  whom  he  came  to  Mexico  and  with  whom  he  was  most  closely 
associated  for  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  With  Cambon  he  founded 
the  mision  de  los  Dolores,  at  San  Francisco,  October  9, 1776.  He  was 
a  scholar  and  a  historian  of  ability,  being  doubtless  the  most  learned  of 
all  the  Franciscans  of  the  College  of  San  Fernando.  Although  the  mis' 
sion  that  he  founded  has  become  the  greatest  city  of  the  west,  he  is  re' 
membered  most  widely  as  the  biographer  of  his  eminent  friend  and  col- 
league, Junipero  Serra. 

PALOU,  FRANCISCO.  Relacion  historica  de  la  vida  y  apos- 
tolicas  tareas  del  Venerable  Padre  Fray  Junipero  Serra,  y  de 
las  misiones  que  fundo  en  la  California  septentrional,  y  nuevos 
establecimientos  de  Monterey.  Escrita  por  el  R.  P.  L.  Fr.  Fran- 
cisco  Palou,  guardian  actual  del  Colegio  apostolico  de  S.  Fer- 
nando de  Mexico,  y  discipulo  del  venerable  fundador :  dirigada 
a  su  santa  provincia  de  la  regular  observancia  de  Nro.  S.  P.  S. 
Francisco  de  la  isla  de  Mallorca.  A  expensas  de  Don  Miguel 
Gonsales  Calderon,  sindico  de  dicho  apostolico  colegio.  Im- 
presa  en  Mexico,  en  la  imprenta  de  Don  Felipe  de  Zuniga  y 
Ontiveros,  calle  del  Espiritu  Santo,  ano  de  1787.  Title,  prelimi- 
nary matter,  and  index,  14  1.  1^344  pp.  PL  Fold.  map.  4°. 

The  most  famous  and  the  most  extensive  of  the  early  works  that 
relate  to  Upper  California.  The  plate,  a  symbological  portrait  of  Serra, 
typifies  his  apostolic  labors,  and  is  to  be  found  facing  page  one.  The 
folding  map,  placed  at  the  end  of  the  work,  represents  Old  and  New 
California,  and  contains  the  geographical  names  as  known  and  the  mis- 
sions as  they  existed  at  that  time.  It  was  engraved  by  Diego  Froncoso, 
Mexico,  1787.  Two  varieties  of  the  map  exist,  both  of  which  were 

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printed  from  the  same  plate.  In  the  earlier  variety  the  space  shown  as 
the  Pacific  ocean  is  blank.  In  later  copies  this  space  is  occupied  by  the 
words  "  Mar  Pacifico,"  engraved  in  large  characters.  Miguel  Jose  Serra, 
a  native  of  Petra,  on  the  island  of  Mallorca,  was  born  Nov.  24, 1713. 
He  took  the  Franciscan  habit  in  1730,  assuming  the  name  of  Junipero,  and 
until  1749  devoted  his  life  in  preparation  for  missionary  work.  He 
reached  Mexico  Dec.  6,  of  that  year,  arid  began  immediately  the  arduous 
spiritual  labors  that  ended  only  with  his  death.  His  early  work  in  Mex' 
ico  was  for  a  time  in  the  missionary  field  of  the  Sierra  Gorda,  and  later 
in  the  College  of  San  Fernando.  In  1769,  he  arrived  at  San  Diego  in 
Alta  California,  and  at  that  place,  on  July  16,  he  founded  the  first  Cali- 
fornian  mission.  From  this  time  he  was  indefatigable,  founding  many 
missions,  and  traveling  many  miles,  always  on  foot.  His  end  came  on 
Aug.  28, 1784,  at  San  Carlos,  the  beloved  mission  that  he  founded  June 
3, 1770.  His  closest  friend  and  biographer,  Padre  Palou,  says  of  him,  that 
"  his  laborious  and  exemplary  life  is  nothing  but  a  beautiful  field  decked 
with  every  class  of  flowers  of  excellent  virtues." 

PANDOSY,  M.  C.  Grammar  and  dictionary  of  the  Yakama  lan- 
guage. Translated  by  George  Gibbs  and  J.  G.  Shea.  New  York: 
Cramoisy  press,  1862.  59  pp.  8°. 

Shea's  library  of  American  linguistics,  vi.  The  Yakamas  were  a  tribe 
of  Indians  living  near  the  Columbia  and  the  Yakima  rivers.  Father 
Pandosy  acquired  their  language,  through  a  residence  among  them  for 
several  years  as  a  missionary  priest.  100  copies  were  printed  in  8°,  and 
a  few  ( 25,  it  is  stated )  were  issued  in  4°. 

PARBURT,  GEORGE  R.  Oration  delivered  on  board  the  ship 
Sylph  in  the  Pacific  ocean,  July  4,  1849,  with  a  brief  account 
of  her  voyage  from  Panama  to  San  Francisco.  Geneva,  New 
York:  1849.  31  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

EN  PARISERINDERS  OPHOLD  I  CALIFORNIEN.  Efter 
Marie  Giovannis  Reisedagbog,  redigeret  af  A.  Dumas.  Kjo- 
benhavn:  Chr.  Steen  6?  sons  Forlag,  1856.  208  pp.  12°. 

PARKER,  SAMUEL.  Journal  of  an  exploring  tour  beyond  the 
Rocky  mountains,  under  the  direction  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M. 
In  the  years  1835,  "36  and  '37;  containing  a  description  of  the 

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geography,  geology,  climate,  productions  of  the  country,  and 
the  numbers,  manners  and  customs  of  the  natives :  with  a  map 
of  Oregon  territory.  By  Rev.  Samuel  Parker,  A.  M.  Third 
edition.  Ithaca,  N.Y.:  Mack,  Andrus,  6?  Woodruff,  1842.  xvi, 
17^408  pp.  PI.  Fold.  map.  12°. 

The  leading  object  of  this  expedition  was  to  ascertain  what  might 
be  accomplished  through  missionary  labors  among  the  Indians.  Samuel 
Parker,  himself  a  missionary,  had  all  the  qualities  of  an  able  historian, 
and  this  work  within  the  scope  of  its  title  has  but  few  equals. 

PARKMAN,  FRANCIS  JR.  The  California  and  Oregon  trail: 
being  sketches  of  prairie  and  Rocky  mountain  life.  New  York : 
George  P.  Putnam;  John  Chapman,  London,  1849.  44$  PP- 
2  pis.  12°. 

First  edition,  much  prized  by  collectors  and  superior  to  subsequent 
issues.  The  frontispiece  and  illuminated  title  were  drawn  by  Darley. 
The  charm  of  Parkman's  diction  still  remains.  This  engaging  narrative, 
which  reads  like  delightful  fiction,  was  his  actual  experience,  as  he  ac- 
companied the  expedition.  Some  copies  were  issued  in  two  parts  under 
paper  wrappers;  1*216  pp.,  2, 17^448  pp. . 

PARSONS,  GEORGE  FREDERICK.  The  life  and  adventures 
of  James  W.  Marshall,  the  discoverer  of  gold  in  California. 
Sacramento :  Published  by  James  W.  Marshall  and  W.  Burke, 
1870.  188  pp.  111.  16°. 
The  best  biography  of  Marshall  that  has  appeared. 

PATTERSON,  LAWSON  B.  Twelve  years  in  the  mines  of 
California ;  embracing  a  general  view  of  the  gold  region,  with 
practical  observations  on  hill,  placer  and  quartz;  diggings ;  and 
notes  on  the  origin  of  gold  deposits.  Cambridge,  [Mass.]: 
Printed  by  Miles  and  Dillingham,  1862.  108  pp.  16°. 

PATTERSON,  SAMUEL.  Narrative  of  the  adventures  and  suf- 
ferings of  Samuel  Patterson,  experiences  in  the  Pacific  ocean, 
and  many  other  parts  of  the  world,  with  an  account  of  the 


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Feegee  and  Sandwich  islands.  From  the  press  in  Palmer :  May 
i,  1817.  xii,  144  pp.  12°. 

The  author  visited  the  Pacific  coast  three  times,  and  his  work  has 
slight  references  to  California  and  Nootka. 

PATTIE,  JAMES  OHIO.  The  personal  narrative  of  James  O.Pat- 
tie,  of  Kentucky,  during  an  expedition  from  St.  Louis,  through 
the  vast  regions  between  that  place  and  the  Pacific  ocean,  and 
thence  back  through  the  city  of  Mexico  to  Vera  Cni2i,  during 
journeyings  of  six  years ;  in  which  he  and  his  father,  who  ac- 
companied him,  suffered  unheard  of  hardships  and  dangers,  had 
various  conflicts  with  the  Indians,  and  were  made  captives,  in 
which  captivity  his  father  died:  together  with  a  description 
of  the  country,  and  the  various  nations  through  which  they 
passed.  Edited  by  Timo thy  Flint.  Cincinnati:  Printed  and  sold 
by  John  H.  Wood,  1831.  xi,  (i),  13-300  pp.  5  pis.  8°. 

First  edition,  and  of  excessive  rarity.  The  second  edition,  identical 
in  all  respects  other  than  imprint  and  date,  was  published  in  1833  by 
E.  H.  Flint,  at  Cincinnati.  A  recent  reprint  has  made  the  contents  of 
this  work  somewhat  better  known.  The  plates  are  found  facing  pp.  29, 
117, 133, 165,  and  181.  The  Patties  arrived  in  California  in  1828.  On 
reaching  San  Diego,  they  were  arrested  by  order  of  Echeandia,  the  gov- 
ernor,  their  passports  being  destroyed,  and  the  party  most  unjustly  im- 
prisoned.  The  incarceration  lasted  for  some  time,  during  which  the 
elder  Pattie  died.  According  to  the  narrative,  the  hardships  endured 
were  almost  incredible.  Flint,  the  editor,  was  a  well'known  writer  of 
both  history  and  fiction ;  but  he  avers  that  no  alterations  were  made 
in  the  original  accounts.  This  expedition  has  been  erroneously  described 
as  the  first  overland  journey  to  California,  but  the  expedition  that  ar- 
rived under  Jedediah  Smith  antedates  it  by  several  months. 

PAUL  PRY,  PSEUD.  Life  of  Belle  Cora,  the  woman  of  pleasure 
of  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco:  1862.  16  pp.  8°. 

Cover-title  contains  portrait.  Copies  of  this  tract  are  of  rare  occur- 
rence. This  person,  well  known  in  old  San  Francisco,  was  sometime  wife 
of  Charles  Cora  of  notorious  fame,  whose  career  was  terminated  by  the 
Vigilance  committee  in  1856. 

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PAYSON,  GEORGE,  (PSEUD.,  RALPH  RAVEN).  Golden 
dreams  and  leaden  realities.  By  Ralph  Raven.  With  an  intro' 
ductory  chapter  by  Francis  Fogie,  Sen.,  Esq.  New  York :  G. 
P.  Putnam  &  co.,  MDCCCLIII.  344  pp.  12°. 

Obscure  and  but  little  known  as  it  may  be,  and  whether  partially  or 
wholly  fictitious,  this  work  presents  an  intimate  and  highly  entertaining 
account  of  life  in  the  mines. 

[PECK,  GEORGE  W.]  Aurifodina;  or,  adventures  in  the  gold 
region.  By  Cantell  A.  Bigly.  New  York :  Baker  and  Scribner, 
1849.  I03  PP-  12°. 

A  work  of  fantistic  fiction.  The  significance  of  the  name  of  the  author 
on  the  title  is  readily  appreciable. 

PEIXOTTO,  EDGAR  D.  Report  of  the  trial  of  William  Henry 
Theodore  Durrant,  indicted  for  the  murder  of  Blanche  Lamont, 
before  the  superior  court  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran' 
cisco.  Including  a  full  history  of  the  case  .  .  .  also  a  complete 
synopsis  of  the  evidence  in  possession  of  the  authorities  in  the 
case  for  the  murder  of  Minnie  Williams,  [etc.].  Illustrated  from 
numerous  photographs  in  the  possession  of  the  police  depart' 
ment  of  San  Francisco.  Detroit:  The  Collector  publishing 
company,  1899.  vi,  (i),  214  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  8°. 

One  of  the  most  sensational  cases  that  ever  occurred  in  California. 
Mr.  Peixotto  was  of  the  counsel  for  the  state,  and  his  is  the  fullest  re" 
port  that  has  appeared. 

PEMBERTON,  J.  DESPARD.  Facts  and  figures  relating  to  Van- 
couver island  and  British  Columbia.  Showing  what  to  expect 
and  how  to  get  there.  With  illustrative  maps.  London :  Long' 
man,  Green,  Longman,  and  Roberts,  1860.  ix,  171  pp.  4  fold, 
maps.  8°. 

An  interesting  description  of  the  natural  features  of  the  country,  with 
comments  on  its  aborgines,  settlements,  and  society.  The  purpose  of  the 
author  was  to  exhibit  to  the  British  public  the  great  importance  of 


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connecting  England,  via  the  Canadas,  Red  River  colony,  Saskatchewan, 
British  Columbia,  and  Vancouver  island,  with  Australia,  by  one  un- 
broken  chain  of  commercial  and  postal  communication. 

PERILS,  PASTIMES  AND  PLEASURES  OF  AN  EMI- 
GRANT in  Australia,  Vancouver's  island,  and  California. 
London:  Thomas  Cautley  Newby,  publisher,  72,  Mortimer 
st.,  1849.  404  pp.  12°. 

PERKINS,  G.  W.  An  address  to  the  "Pacific  pioneers"  on  the 
eve  of  their  departure  for  California,  March  22,  1849.  By  the 
pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  church,  Meriden.  West 
Meriden,  (Ct.):  From  E.  Hinman's  office,  1849.  J6  pp.  8°. 

PERRY,  J.  A.  Thrilling  adventures  of  a  New  Englander.  Travels 
in  Cuba,  Mexico  and  California.  Illustrated  with  engravings. 
Boston:  Redding  &  co.,  8  State  street,  1853.  96  pp.  Ills.  8°. 
Relates  principally  to  California.  The  work  is  but  little  known. 

PETERS,  DEWITT  C.  Kit  Carson  s  life  and  adventures  from 
facts  narrated  by  himself,  embracing  events  in  the  life-time  of 
America's  greatest  hunter,  trapper,  scout,  and  guide,  including 
vivid  accounts  of  the  every-day  life,  inner  character,  and  pe- 
culiar customs  of  all  the  Indian  tribes  of  the  far  west.  Also, 
an  accurate  description  of  the  country,  its  condition,  prospects, 
and  resources ;  its  climate  and  scenery ;  its  mountains,  rivers, 
valleys,  deserts  and  plains,  and  natural  wonders.  Together  with 
a  full  and  complete  history  of  the  Modoc  Indians  and  the  Mo- 
doc  war.  Hartford,  Conn. :  Dustin  Gilman  6?  co.,  1875.  xviii, 
19-604  pp.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

Considerably  enlarged  from  the  original  edition,  published  in  New 
York  in  1859.  This  work  is  readable,  and  doubtless  is  presented  with 
much  truthfulness,  but  the  author  has  elevated  Carson  to  a  higher  plane 
than  that  for  which  he  was  ordained.  Christopher  Carson  was  able, 
and  conspicuously  brave,  but  there  are  episodes  in  his  relations  with 
Fremont  that  are  not  altogether  to  his  credit,  and  for  which  Fremont 

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himself  did  not  escape  censure.  Sagacity  and  daring  are  qualities  emi- 
nently vital  to  the  frontiersman  and  pathfinder,  but  the  possession  of 
them  does  not  necessarily  lend  an  endowment  of  magnificent  greatness. 

PHELPS,  ALONZO.  Contemporary  biography  of  California  s 
representative  men.  With  contributions  from  distinguished 
scholars  and  scientists.  San  Francisco:  A.  L.  Bancroft  and 
company,  publishers,  1882.  2  vols.  Ports.  4°.  Vol.  I,  i  1.  443 
pp.  II,  2  1.  417  pp. 

The  biographical  sketches  are  accompanied  by  a  series  of  very  finely 
engraved  portraits,  forming  together  an  elaborate  work. 

[PHELPS,  WILLIAM  D.]  Fore  and  aft;  or,  leaves  from  the  life 
of  an  old  'sailor.  By  "  Webfoot."  With  illustrations  by  Hammatt 
Billings.  Boston:  Nichols  and  Hall,  1871.  vi, 7-3 59  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

The  author,  William  D.  Phelps,  came  to  California  in  1840,  as  master 
of  the  Boston  ship  "Alert.'"  He  was  actively  engaged  in  the  "  Commo- 
dore Jones  war,"  as  he  terms  it,  and  his  various  narratives  are  of  much 
importance,  although  occasionally  presenting  minor  inaccuracies.  His 
chapter  on  "The  Hudson's  Bay  company"  is  one  of  the  few  sources 
of  information  regarding  the  operations  of  this  great  corporation  in 
California. 

PICKETT,  CHARLES  EDWARD.  Oration  delivered  in  the 
Congregational  church,  Sacramento,  California,  July  4,  1857. 
San  Francisco:  Whitton,Towne  6?co's  Excelsior  steam  presses, 
1857.  3^  pp.  8°. 

The  author,  an  American,  and  a  lawyer  by  profession,  came  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1846.  He  was  later  known  as  "Philosopher"  Pickett,  and  was 
an  able  but  greatly  eccentric  character.  He  wrote  many  pamphlets,  and, 
from  whichever  point  of  view  they  may  be  regarded,  their  deeply  radi- 
cal nature  cannot  fail  to  engross  the  interested  reader. 

A  "  PILE,"  or,  a  glance  at  the  wealth  of  the  monied  men  of  San 
Francisco  and  Sacramento  city.  Also,  an  accurate  list  of  the 
lawyers,  their  former  places  of  residence,  and  date  of  their 
arrival  in  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco:  Cooke  6?  Lecount, 
booksellers,  1851.  15  pp.  8°. 

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Although  this  pamphlet  bears  a  San  Francisco  imprint,  it  was  printed 
in  New  York.  It  is  a  curious  record  of  the  distribution  of  wealth  as  it 
existed  at  that  time.  About  600  names  are  given,  and  the  individual 
amounts  vary  from  $  5,000  to  $7  50,000,  the  latter  being  that  of  James  Lick. 
The  largest  amount  given  is  that  possessed  by  the  Pacific  Mail  steamship 
company,  which  is  rated  at  $1,500,000.  This  is  the  only  corporation 
included  in  the  list.  Many  of  these  fortunes,  greatly  augmented,  are  still 
in  existence ;  others  have  been  absorbed  or  have  absolutely  disappeared. 

PILLING,  JAMES  CONSTANTINE.  Smithsonian  institution. 
Bureau  of  ethnology :  J.  W.  Powell,  director.  Bibliography  of 
the  Athapascan  languages  by  James  Constantine  Pilling.  Wash- 
ington: Government  printing  office,  1892.  xiii,  125  pp.  Facs.  8°. 
The  great  Athapascan  family  extended  from  Arizona  to  Alaska,  and 
included  many  tribes  of  California,  Oregon,  Washington,  and  British  Co' 
lumbia.  These  bibliographies  of  Mr.  Pilling  were  the  results  of  exhaus- 
tive studies  carried  on  for  a  number  of  years  in  the  principal  institutions 
and  collections  of  this  country.  He  included  all  voyages,  travels,  and 
narratives,  printed  and  in  manuscript,  containing  Indian  vocabularies, 
and  his  accompanying  bibliographical  and  historical  notes  have  rendered 
these  works  of  great  interest  and  importance.  In  addition  to  the  usual 
form  as  published  by  the  government,  there  was  a  special  edition  of  100 
copies  issued  in  royal  8°. 

PILLING,  JAMES  CONSTANTINE.  Smithsonian  institution. 
Bureau  of  ethnology :  J.  W.  Powell,  director.  Bibliography  of 
the  Chinookan  languages  (including  the  Chinook  jargon),  by 
James  Constantine  Pilling.  Washington :  Government  printing 
office,  1893.  xiii)  81  pp.  Facs.  8°. 

These  languages  were  in  use  by  tribes  living  upon  the  Columbia 
river. 

PILLING,  JAMES  CONSTANTINE.  Smithsonian  institution. 
Bureau  of  ethnology :  J.  W.  Powell,  director.  Bibliography  of 
the  Salishan  languages  by  James  Constantine  Pilling.  Washing- 
ton: Government  printing  office,  1893.  xiii,  86  pp.  Facs.  8°. 

The  Salishan  tribes  occupied  British  Columbia  and  old  Oregon,  ex' 
tending  eastward  to  the  Rocky  mountains. 

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PILLING,  JAMES  CONSTANTINE.  Smithsonian  institution. 
Bureau  of  ethnology :  J.  W.  Powell,  director.  Bibliography  of 
the  Wakashan  languages  by  James  Constantine  Pilling.  Wash' 
ington:  Government  printing  office,  1894.  xi,  70  pp.  Facs.  8°. 

The  tribes  designated  as  Wakashan  inhabited  Nootka  sound  and  its 
vicinity. 

PIOUS  FUND  OF  THE  CALIFORNIAS.  Ley  y  reglamento 
aprobado  de  la  junta  directiva  y  economica  del  fondo  piadoso 
de  Californias.  Mejico :  Imprenta  de  Galvan  a  cargo  de  Mari- 
ano  Arrevalo,  1833.  20  pp.  12°. 

The  Jesuits  and  their  successors  had  received  certain  large  donations, 
which  were  administered  with  ability.  They  were  increased  by  the  pur- 
chase of  productive  real  estate,  to  which  afterward  were  added  mines, 
factories,  and  cattle.  This  property  was  held  sacred  to  the  cause,  and 
from  1735  was  known  as  the  "Pious  fund."  The  printed  authorities 
relating  to  this  subject  are  extensive,  both  general  and  special.  The  early 
writers,  Spanish,  French,  and  English,  have  given  it  attention  in  their 
various  works,  and  the  litigations  of  recent  years  have  resulted  in  the 
production  of  several  United  States  government  documents  of  consider- 
able magnitude,  and  nearly  one  hundred  pamphlets,  issued  at  The  Hague, 
Paris,  and  Washington. 

PIOUS  FUND  OF  THE  CALIFORNIAS.  Observaciones  de 
los  actuales  terceros  poseedores  de  los  bienes  que  pertenecieron 
al  fondo  piadoso  de  Californias.  Hacen  a  los  Sres.  diputados 
y  senadores  sobre  los  terminos  del  decreto  que  el  senado  acaba 
de  pasar  sobre  la  revision  de  los  contratos  en  que  se  enage- 
naron  dichos  bienes.  Mexico :  Imprenta  de  J.  Cumplido,  calle 
de  los  Rebeldes,  no.  2,  [1845].  12  pp.  8°. 

PIOUS  FUND  OF  THE  CALIFORNIAS.  Reclamacion  del 
gobierno  de  los  Estados  Unidos  de  America  contra  Mexico 
respeto  del  fondo  piadoso  de  las  Californias.  Documentos 
principales  relatives.  Mexico :  Imprenta  de  Francisco  Diaz;  de 
Leon,  cinco  de  mayo  y  callejon  de  Santa  Clara,  1903.  576, 

d)pp.  4°- 

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In  this  volume  there  has  been  gathered  a  very  extensive  mass  of  aii' 
thorities  upon  this  feature,  that  for  many  years  has  been  an  intimate 
part  of  the  history  of  California. 

PIOUS  FUND  OF  THE  CALIFORNIAS.  Rectificacion  de 
graves  equivocaciones  en  que  inciden  los  Senores  terceros  po' 
seedores  de  bienes  del  fondo  piadoso  de  California,  con  respeto 
al  Reverend  obispo  y  su  apoderado.  Mexico:  Imprenta  de 
Lara,  calle  de  la  Palma  numero  4,  1845.  J6  pp.  8°. 

PIOUS  FUND  OF  THE  CALIFORNIAS.  Segundo  cuaderno 
de  interesantes  documentos  relatives  a  los  bienes  del  fondo 
piadoso  de  misiones,  para  conversion  y  civilisacion  de  las  tribus 
barbaras  de  las  Californias.  Los  publicalas  el  apoderado  del 
Illmo.  Sr.  obispo  de  aquella  diocesis,  en  apoyo  de  la  justicia 
con  que  ha  reclamado  el  acto  del  gobierno  provisional  de  Ta' 
cubaya,  en  que  los  incorporo  al  erario  publico,  los  enagefio  y 
dispuso  de  su  producido.  Mexico:  Imprenta  de  J.  Mariano 
Lara,  calle  de  la  Palma,  numero  4,  1845.  32  PP-  8°. 

POLLOCK,  EDWARD.  Poems.  Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippincott 
&  co.,  1876.  242  pp.  Port.  12°. 

The  life  of  this  highly  gifted  writer  was  brief,  and  ended  in  1858,  at 
the  early  age  of  35.  He  had  been  in  California  five  years,  but  that  short 
sojourn  had  been  sufficient  to  witness  the  unfolding  of  his  great  genius 
and  to  see  more  than  a  glimpse  of  the  great  promise  of  fame  that  lay 
before  him.  He  was  the  first  Californian  to  gain  distinction,  and  today 
the  brilliance  of  "  The  Falcon  "  and  "  The  Chandos  picture"  still  remains 
constant  and  undimmed  by  time. 

POOLE,  FRANCIS  C.  E.  Queen  Charlotte  island.  A  narrative 
of  discovery  and  adventure  in  the  north  Pacific.  Edited  by 
John  W.  Lyndon.  London:  Hurst  and  Blackett,  publishers,  13 
Great  Marlborough  street,  1872.  xiv,  (i),  347  pp.  Pis.  Map. 
Ills.  8°. 

PORTLOCK,  NATHANIEL.  A  voyage  round  the  world;  but 
more  particularly  to  the  north-west  coast  of  America :  per- 

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formed  in  1785,  1786,  1787,  and  1788,  in  the  King  George  and 
Queen  Charlotte,  Captains  Portlock  and  Dixon.  Embellished 
with  twenty  copper-plates,  dedicated  by  permission  to  his 
Majesty.  London :  Printed  for  John  Stockdale,  MDCC,LXXXIX. 
xii,  384,  xl  pp.  14  pis.  6  fold.  maps.  Port.  4°. 

In  a  few  copies  the  plates  of  natural  history,  six  in  number,  are  finely 
hand'colored. 

POUSSIN,  GUILLAUME  TELL.  Question  de  FOregon,  1846. 
Paris:  W.  Coquebert,  editeur,  48  rue  Jacob,  1846.  100  pp.  8°. 

POWELL,  JOHN  J.  Nevada:  the  land  of  silver.  San  Francisco : 
Bacon  5?  company,  book  and  job  printers,  1876.  vii,  306  pp.  8°. 
Devoted  chiefly  to  mineral  and  natural  resources,  with  descriptions 
of  localities. 

POWERS,  STEPHEN.  Afoot  and  alone;  a  walk  from  sea  to 
sea  by  the  southern  route.  Adventures  and  observations  in 
southern  California,  New  Mexico,  Arizona,  Texas,  etc.  Hart- 
ford, Conn. :  Columbia  book  company,  1872.  xvi,  (i  7^327  pp. 
Ills.  8°. 

The  author,  later  famous  as  a  distinguished  ethnologist,  journeyed 
from  Raleigh  to  San  Francisco,  a  distance  of  3556  miles.  Although  oc' 
casionally  overdone,  his  descriptions  are  entertaining  and  frequently 
amusing. 

POWERS,  STEPHEN.  Tribes  of  California.  [Dept.  of  Int.,  U. 
S.  Geog.  and  Geol.  survey  of  the  Rocky  mountain  region,  J. 
W.  Powell,  in  charge.  Contributions  to  North  American  eth- 
nology, vol.  III.]  Washington:  Government  printing  office, 
1877.  635  pp.  Pis.  Fold.  map.  4°. 

The  folding  map  (in  pocket  at  end  of  volume)  shows  the  distribution 
of  the  Indian  tribes  of  California,  1877.  This  is  the  most  extensive  work 
of  its  kind  issued  to  that  time. 

PRASLOW,  J.  Der  Staat  Californien  in  Medicinisch— Geogra- 
phischer  Hinsicht.  Gottingen:  Bei  Vandenhoeck  und  Ruprecht, 
1857.  2  L  66  pp.  8°. 

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Dr.  Praslow  practiced  medicine  in  San  Francisco  from  1849  to  1856, 
when  he  returned  to  Germany.  His  work  contains  some  rather  inter- 
esting details  concerning  the  health  and  early  epidemics  of  the  city 
during  his  residence. 

PRATT,  PARLEY  PARKER.  The  autobiography  of  Parley 
Parker  Pratt,  one  of  the  12  apostles  of  the  Church  of  Jesus 
Christ  of  Latter-day  saints,  embracing  his  life,  ministry  and 
travels.  Edited  by  his  son,  Parley  Parker  Pratt.  New  York : 
Published  for  the  editor  and  proprietor  by  Russell  brothers, 
1874.  502,  x  pp.  Port.  Ills.  8°. 

The  account  of  an  eventful  life.  In  1852  this  notable  Mormon  came 
to  San  Francisco,  where  for  a  number  of  months  he  was  engaged  in 
lecturing  and  other  evangelical  work. 

PREVOST,  LOUIS.  California  silk  grower  s  manual.  With 
twelve  years  experience  in  raising  the  mulberry,  and  six  years 
in  raising  the  silkworm.  San  Francisco :  H.  H.  Bancroft  and 
company,  Towne  and  Bacon,  printers,  1867.  xii,  13-246  pp. 
Diags.  12°. 

In  1854  Prevost  imported  mulberry  trees  from  France,  and  in  1860 
received  the  first  silk  cocoons  from  China. 

PRICE,  J.,  and  HALEY,  C.  The  buyer's  manual  and  business 
guide ;  being  a  description  of  the  leading  business  houses,  man- 
ufactories, inventions,  etc.,  of  the  Pacific  coast,  together  with 
copious  and  readable  selections,  chiefly  from  California  writers. 
Compiled  by  J.  Price  and  C.  S.  Haley.  San  Francisco :  Francis 
6?  Valentine,  1872.  vii,  (4),  192,  16  pp.  8°. 

This  homely  work  is  prized  by  the  collector  of  first  editions,  as  among 
its  contents  are  selections  from  Harte,  Twain,  Bierce,  and  Miller. 

PROCEEDINGS  IN  CASE  FOR  DAMAGES  FOR  AL- 
LEGED MAL-PRACTICE  IN  THE  PERFORMANCE  OF 
THE  CAESARIAN  OPERATION.  Elkanah  H.  Hodges  and 
Mary  E.  P.  Hodges,  plaintiffs,  vs.  E.  S.  Cooper,  M.  D.  In  the 

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fourth  district  of  California,  John  S.  Hager,  judge.  San  Fran' 
cisco:  Towne  &  Bacon,  1859.  250  pp.  8°. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  notable  cases  in  the  annals  of  surgery  in 
California. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  FRIENDS  OF  A  RAILROAD  TO 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  at  their  public  meeting,  held  at  the  U.  S. 
hotel,  in  Boston,  April  19,  1849.  Including  an  address  to  the 
people  of  the  U.  States ;  etc.  Boston :  Dutton  and  Wentworth, 
printers,  1849.  24  PP-  8°. 

One  of  the  earliest  projects  for  a  transcontinental  railway  having  San 
Francisco  as  its  terminus.  It  maintains  that  the  plan  of  P.  P.  F.  Degrand 
for  a  railroad  from  St.  Louis  to  San  Francisco  was  the  only  feasible 
scheme  that  had  been  offered. 

PUMPELLY,  RAPHAEL.  Across  America  and  Asia.  Notes  of 
a  five  years1  journey  around  the  world  and  of  residence  in 
Arizona,  Japan  and  China.  Fifth  edition  revised.  New  York : 
Leypoldt  6?  Holt,  25  Bond  street,  1871.  xvi,  454.  Pis.  4  fold, 
maps.  Ills.  12°. 

The  later  editions,  rewritten  and  enlarged,  are  superior  to  the  earlier. 

PUTS  GOLDEN  SONGSTER.  Containing  the  largest  and  most 
popular  collection  of  California  songs  ever  published.  By  the 
author  of  "Put's  original  California  songster."  San  Francisco: 
John  A.  Stone,  1858.  64  pp.  32°. 

Entirely  Californian;  containing  " California  ball,"  "California  bank 
robbers,"  "Hangtown  gals,"  "The  happy  miner,"  etc.  Between  the  years 
1855  and  1870  there  were  published  about  twenty  of  these  collections 
of  local  hits,  now  long  forgotten. 

QUIGLEY,  HUGH.  The  Irish  race  in  California,  and  on  the 
Pacific  coast,  with  an  introductory  historical  dissertation  on 
the  principal  races  of  mankind,  and  a  vocabulary  of  ancient 
and  modern  Irish  family  names.  San  Francisco :  A.  Roman  6? 
co.,  publisher,  1878.  xxxiii,  35-548,  vi,  (i)  pp.  Ports.  8°. 

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Includes  biographical  notes  upon  many  who  have  been  actively  prom- 
inent in  the  public  affairs  of  this  state.  Some  copies  do  not  contain  the 
portraits. 

RALSTON,  WILLIAM  C.  Memorial  of  William  C.  Ralston. 
Born  at  Wellsville,  Ohio,  January  12,  1826.  Died  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, August  27,  1875.  Dedicated  to  the  memory  of  William 
C.  Ralston,  by  the  Alta  California,  San  Francisco,  1875.  42, 
i  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Biographical  addresses,  resolutions,  and  testimonials  from  public  bod- 
ies, and  press  accounts,  form  the  contents  of  this  publication. 

RANDOLPH,  EDMUND.  Address  on  the  history  of  California, 
from  the  discovery  of  the  country  to  the  year  1849,  delivered 
before  the  Society  of  California  Pioneers,  at  their  celebration 
of  the  tenth  anniversary  of  the  admission  of  the  state  of  Cali- 
fornia into  the  union,  San  Francisco,  September  icth,  1860. 
San  Francisco:  Printed  at  the  Alta  California  job  office,  124 
Sacramento  street,  1860.  72  pp.  2  fold.  maps.  8°. 

A  very  famous  discourse.  The  maps  show  California  as  it  was  known 
in  1740  and  in  1787.  Some  copies  of  this  work  bear  the  copyright  of 
Anton  Roman. 

[RANDOLPH,  EDMUND.]  The  new  Almaden  mine.  The  dis- 
cussion reviewed.  San  Francisco :  Press  of  the  Daily  National 
office,  1859.  76  pp.  Errata  slip.  8°. 

Written  by  Edmund  Randolph,  and  signed  "  Burgher."  This  is  a  mas- 
terly essay,  showing  the  fraudulent  character  of  this  famous  case.  The 
literature  of  this  celebrated  claim  is  voluminous. 

RANKING,  JOHN.  Historical  researches  on  the  conquest  of 
Peru,  Mexico,  Bogota,  Natchez;,  and  Talomeco,  in  the  thirteen 
century,  by  the  Mongols,  accompanied  with  elephants;  and 
the  local  agreement  of  history  and  tradition,  with  the  remains 
of  elephants  and  mastodontes,  found  in  the  new  world :  con- 
taining invasion  of  Japan  from  China.— A  violent  storm.— Mon- 
gols with  elephants,  land  in  Peru;  and  in  California.— Very 

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numerous  identifications.— History  of  Peru  and  Mexico,  to  the 
conquest  by  Spain.— Grandeur  of  the  Incas,  and  of  Montesu- 
ma.— On  quadrupeds  supposed  extinct.— Wild  elephants  in 
America.— Tapirs  in  Asia.— Description  of  two  living  unicorns 
in  Africa.  With  two  maps,  and  portraits  of  all  the  Incas,  and 
Montesuma.  London:  Longman,  Rees,  Orme,  Brown,  and 
Green,  MDCCCXXVII.  (i),  v,  i,  7-479  pp.  4  pis.  2  fold.  maps.  8°. 
A  remarkable  and  eccentric  book.  The  author  was  probably  the  orig- 
inator  of  the  singular  hypothesis  that  before  the  separation  of  the  con' 
tinents  of  Asia  and  America  Mongols  marched  overland,  driving  before 
them  herds  of  elephants.  These  succumbing,  in  time  account  for  the 
remains  of  mammoths  and  mastodons  that  are  plentifully  found  on  this 
western  continent. 

RAU,  CHARLES.  An  account  of  the  aboriginal  inhabitants  of 
the  Californian  peninsula,  as  given  by  Jacob  Baegert,  a  Ger' 
man  Jesuit  missionary  who  lived  there  seventeen  years  during 
the  second  half  of  the  last  century.  Translated  and  arranged 
for  the  Smithsonian  institution  by  Charles  Rau,  of  New  York 
city.  Washington:  1866.  48  pp.  8°. 

A  small  number  of  copies  was  printed  separately,  with  repagination, 
from  the  Smithsonian  reports  of  1863  and  1864.  This  is  the  only  ren- 
dition  into  English  of  any  extensive  portion  of  Baegert's  work  that  has 
yet  appeared. 

RECUEIL  DE  VOIAGES  au  nord,  contenant  divers  memoires 
tres  utiles  au  commerce  5?  a  la  navigation.  Tome  troisieme. 
A  Amsterdam :  Chez;  Jean  Frederick  Bernard,  sur  le  Rockin, 
pres  de  la  Bourse,  MDCCXV.  i  1.  340  pp.  2  fold.  maps.  12°. 

Pp.  268-300  contain  "  Lettre  de  M.  de  Lisle  touchant  la  Californie," 
"  Memoire  touchant  la  Californie  de  F.  M.  Piccolo,"  and  "Relation  d'une 
descente  des  espagnols  dans  la  Californie  en  1683."  These  letters  have 
been  taken  from  the  well-known  collection  "Lettres  edifiantes."  The 
maps  are  of  Canada  and  Japan ;  that  of  California  in  the  "  Lettres  "  does 
not  accompany  this  volume  of  voyages. 

REDNITZ,  L.  Getreueste  und  suverlassigter  Wegweiser  und 
Rathgeber  zur  reise  nach  und  in  Amerika  und  Cafifornien  .  .  . 


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gegnindet  aus  reichliche  und  praktische  Erfahrung  des  1841 
als  Bomberger  ShifFer  dorthin  gereiseten  und  1852  als  Kauf- 
mann  in  St.  Francisco  gliickliche  hierher  suruckgekehrten  L. 
Rednit2i.  Berlin:  In  Commission  bei  F.  Schneider  u.  comp., 
Unter  den  Linden,  19,  1852.  viii,  151  pp.  12°. 
With  pictorial  covers  containing  Californian  scenes. 

REDWOOD  AND  LUMBERING  IN  CALIFORNIA  FOR- 
ESTS.  With  illustrations.  San  Francisco,  Cal. :  Edgar  Cherry 
6?  co.,  publishers,  434  California  street,  1884.  ii,  3-107  pp.  24 
pis.  4°. 

The  plates  are  fine  photographs  made  expressly  for  the  work,  illus' 
trating  the  timber  forests,  mills,  and  methods  of  making  and  transporting 
lumber. 

THE  REESE-CLARK  BREACH-OF-PROMISE  CASE.  [San 
Francisco:  ca.  1865.]  22  pp.  Ports.  8°. 

This  suit,  by  Mrs.  Caroline  T.  Clark  against  Michael  Reese,  capitalist, 
was  for  $100,000  damages,  and  several  eminent  attorneys  were  retained. 
The  jury  rendered  a  verdict  awarding  the  plaintiff  $5000  damages  and 
costs. 

REGLAMENTO  E  INSTRUCCION  PARA  LOS  PRESI- 
DIOS que  se  ban  de  formar  en  la  linea  de  frontera  de  la  Nueva 
Espana.  Resulto  por  el  Rey  N.  S.  en  cedula  de  10,  de  septi- 
embre  de  1772.  De  orden  de  su  magestad.  Madrid:  Por  Juan 
de  San  Martin,  impresor  de  la  secretario  del  Despacho  uni- 
versal de  Indias.  Ano  de  1772.  122  pp.  12°. 

Regulations  for  the  presidios  of  California  occupy  pp.  119- 122.  An' 
other  edition,  slightly  enlarged,  was  issued  in  1773. 

REGLAMENTO  PARA  EL  GOBIERNO  DE  LA  PROVIN- 
CI A  DE  CALIFORNI AS.  Aprobado  por  S.  M.  en  real  orden 
de  24,  de  octubre  de  1781.  En  Mexico:  Por  D.  Felipe  de  Zu- 
niga  y  Ontiveros,  calle  del  Espiritu  Santo,  ano  de  1784.  Title, 
and  38  pp.  F°. 

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The  earliest  collection  of  decrees  and  ordinances  prepared  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  Upper  California.  This  work  was  reprinted  by  the  Califor- 
nia  Historical  society,  1874.  Copies  of  the  original  are  of  excessive  rarity. 

REGLAMENTO  PARA  EL  GOBIERNO  DE  LA  PROVIN- 
CIA  DE  CALIFORNIAS.  Aprobado  por  S.  M.  en  real  orden 
de  24  de  octubre  de  1781.  California  Historical  society's  pub- 
lication. En  Mexico:  Por  D.  Felipe  de  Zuniga  y  Ontiveros, 
calle  del  Espiritu  Santo,  ano  de  1784.  150  copies  printed.  Re- 
impreso  en  la  imprenta  del  Colegio  de  Santa  Clara,  [CaL],  1874. 
68  pp.  8°. 

Of  extreme  rarity.  According  to  Mr.  John  T.  Doyle,  the  entire  edi- 
tion,  with  the  exception  of  a  half-dosen  copies,  was  accidentally  destroyed 
by  fire. 

REGLAMENTO  PARA  LA  COMPANIA  COSMOPOLI- 
TANA  PROTECTORA  de  la  industria  en  la  Alta  Califor- 
nia. Mexico:  1834.  39  PP-  I2°- 
Rare. 

REGLAMENTO  PROVICIONAL  para  el  gobierno  interior  de 
la  Ecma.  Diputacion  territorial  de  la  Alta  California.  Apro- 
bado por  la  misma  corporacion  en  sesion  de  31°  de  julio  del 
presente  ano.  Monterrey:  Impr.  de A.V. Zamorano  y  ca.,  1834. 
Title  within  border  of  plain  lines,  verso  blank.  1-16  pp.  16°. 

The  first  book  printed  in  California.  Provisional  rules  for  the  govern' 
ment  of  California,  consisting  of  14  titulos,  containing  76  articles.  Eng- 
lish translations,  either  in  whole  or  in  part,  are  to  be  found  in  Dwinelle's 
"  Colonial  history  of  San  Francisco,"  3d  edit.,  1866,  ( or  4th  edit.,  1867 )» 
App.,  p.  3 1 ;  also  in  the  reports  on  the  "  Land  titles  of  California,"  Jones 
and  Halleck,Wash.,  1850.  The  Spanish  press  of  California  was  in  opera- 
tion from  1833  to  1845.  It was  maintained  at  Monterey,  although  from 
1837  to  J839  it  was  transferred  to  Sonoma.  The  entire  production  of 
this  press  consisted  of  eleven  small  books,  most  of  which  were  educa- 
tional, and  about  sixty  broadsides,  chiefly  official  or  political  in  character^ 

REID,  HIRAM  A.  History  of  Pasadena,  comprising  an  account 
of  the  native  Indian,  the  early  Spanish,  the  Mexican,  the  Amer- 

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ican,  the  colony,  and  the  incorporated  city.  Occupances  of  the 
rancho  San  Pascual,  and  its  adjacent  mountains,  canyons,  wa- 
terfalls  and  other  objects  of  nature,  artificial,  old  historic,  or 
modern  interest.  Being  a  complete  and  comprehensive  histo- 
cyclopedia  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  this  region;  with  CO' 
pious  index  for  reference.  Illustrated.  Pasadena,  Gal. :  Pasadena 
history  company,  1895.  675  pp.  2  fold.  maps.  Ills.  8°. 

REID,  JOHN  C.  Reid's  tramp ;  or,  a  journal  of  the  incidents  of 
ten  months'  travel  through  Texas,  New  Mexico,  Arizona,  So- 
nera and  California.  Including  topography,  climate,  soil,  min- 
erals, metals  and  inhabitants ;  with  a  notice  of  the  great  inter- 
oceanic  railroad.  Selma,  Alabama:  Printed  at  the  book  and 
job  office  of  John  Hardy  &  co.,  1858.  237  pp.  12°. 
Uncommon,  and  but  little  known. 

A  RELATION  OF  THE  INVASION  AND  CONQUEST  OF 
FLORIDA  by  the  Spaniards  under  the  command  of  Fernando 
de  Soto.  Written  in  Portuguese  by  a  gentleman  of  the  town 
of  Elvas.  Now  Englished.  To  which  is  subjoyned  two  jour- 
neys of  the  present  emperor  of  China  into  Tartary  in  the  years 
1682  and  1683.  With  some  discoveries  made  by  the  Spaniards 
in  the  island  of  California,  in  the  year  1683.  London:  Printed 
for  John  Lawrence,  at  the  Angel  in  the  Poultry  over  against 
the  Compter,  1686.  6  1.  272  pp.  12°. 

Translated  from  the  French  edition  which  was  printed  in  Paris  the 
preceding  year.  Its  Californian  interest  is  in  "A  new  descent  of  the 
Spaniards  on  the  island  of  California  [sic].  In  the  year  1683,"  pp.  259- 
272,.  This  work  is  important  as  containing  the  first  accounts  printed  in 
English  of  the  settlement  of  Lower  California. 

REMARKS  OF  THE  CHINESE  MERCHANTS  OF  SAN 
FRANCISCO  UPON  GOVERNOR  BIGLER'S  MESSAGE, 
and  some  common  objections  with  some  explanations  of  the 
Chinese  companies  and  the  laboring  class  in  California.  San 

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Francisco :  Printed  at  the  office  of  the  "Oriental11  by  Whitton, 
Towne  6?  co.,  no.  151  Clay  street  below  Montgomery,  1855. 
16  pp.  8°. 

In  his  annual  message  of  Jan.  1,1855,  the  governor  had  proposed  some 
serious  restrictions  regarding  the  Chinese  population  in  California. 

REPORT  OF  THE  ECCLESIASTICAL  TRIAL  OF  THE 
REV.  GEO.  B.  TAYLOR,  upon  a  presentment  from  the  stand- 
ing committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  of  the  dio' 
cese  of  California,  for  an  alleged  violation  of  the  canons  of  the 
church.  San  Francisco:  Gaslay's  steam  print,  513  Clay  street, 
1 86 1.  44  pp.  8°. 

Charged  with  having,  contrary  to  the  godly  admonition  of  his  elder 
brethren,  "preached  and  prayed  to  Episcopal  mission  Sunday  school," 
and  for  this  violation  of  an  "impracticable  canon,  is  deposed  from  the 
holy  ministry." 

REPORTS  OF  THE  GRAND  JURY  AND  EXPERT  EDGAR 
MOORE,  made  to  the  superior  court  of  Kern  county  on  the 
thirty 'first  day  of  October,  1895.  With  various  special  reports 
and  other  accompanying  documents  prepared  and  submitted  by 
him.  Bakersfield:  A.  C.  Maude,  publisher,  1895.  144  pp.  8°. 
"Notorious  coyote  scalp  frauds."  20,972  scalps  were  purchased  at  $5 
each.  The  expert's  estimate  was  that  less  than  1000  were  legitimately 
negotiated.  Published  as  a  supplement  to  the  "  Kern  Standard." 

REVERE,  JOSEPH  WARREN.  A  tour  of  duty  in  California; 
including  a  description  of  the  gold  region :  and  an  account  of 
the  voyage  around  Cape  Horn ;  with  notices  of  Lower  Cali- 
fornia, the  gulf  and  Pacific  coasts,  and  the  principal  events 
attending  the  conquest  of  the  Californias.  By  Joseph  Warren 
Revere,  lieutenant  U.  S.  navy,  lately  in  command  of  the  military 
district  of  Sonoma.  Edited  by  Joseph  N.  Balestier,  of  New 
York.  With  a  map  and  plates  from  original  designs.  New  York : 
C.  S.  Francis  6?  co.,  252  Broadway,  [etc.],  1849.  v*  PP-  3  1* 
305  pp.  6  pis.  Fold.  map.  12°. 

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One  of  the  most  valuable  works  of  the  period.  A  few  copies  exist 
in  which  the  plates  have  been  attractively  and  beautifully  colored  by 
hand. 

RHODES,  WILLIAM  HENRY.  Caxtons  book:  a  collection 
of  essays,  poems,  tales  and  sketches.  By  the  late  W.  H.  Rhodes. 
Edited  by  Daniel  O'Connell.  San  Francisco :  A.  L.  Bancroft 
and  company,  1876.  300  pp.  8°. 

Includes  "  The  case  of  Summerfield "  and  "  Legends  of  Lake  Bigler." 
The  writings  of  "  Caxton "  are  characterised  by  gracefulness  and  the 
resources  of  a  brilliant  imagination. 

RICHARDSON,  ALBERT  DEANE.  Beyond  the  Mississippi: 
from  the  great  river  to  the  great  ocean.  Life  and  adventure 
on  the  prairies,  mountains,  and  Pacific  coast.  With  more  than 
two  hundred  illustrations,  from  photographs  and  original 
sketches,  of  the  prairies,  deserts,  mountains,  rivers,  mines,  cities, 
Indians,  trappers,  pioneers,  and  great  natural  curiosities  of  the 
new  states  and  territories.  1857-1867.  Hartford,  Conn. :  Amer- 
ican publishing  company,  etc.,  1867.  xvi,  17-572  pp.  Eng.  tit. 
Map.  Ills.  8°. 
Reprinted,  1875. 

RICHTER,  M.  A.  The  California  pioneers.  A  song  respectfully 
inscribed  to  Mrs.  J.  Emerson  Sweetser.  Words  and  music  by 
Dr.  M.  A.  Richter.  N.  B.  The  first  piece  of  music  pubd.  in 
CaK  San  Francisco:  Published  and  sold  by  Atwill  &?  co., 
copyright  secured  in  the  U.  S.  district  court  of  Califa  March 
19,  1852.  Lith.  &  del.  by  Quirot  &  co.,  cornr  Califa  6?  Mont- 
gomery sts.  S.  F.  4  lith.  pp.  F°. 

The  cover  contains  a  large  and  spirited  lithograph  of  pioneers  cross- 
ing the  Sierras. 

RICHTHOFEN,  FERDINAND.  The  Comstock  lode:  its  char- 
acter, and  the  probable  mode  of  its  continuance  in  depth. 
San  Francisco:  Published  by  the  Sutro  tunnel  company,  1866. 
83  pp.  8°. 

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RIDGE,  JOHN  R.  The  life  and  adventures  of  Joaquin  Murieta 
the  celebrated  California  bandit.  Third  edition.  Revised  and 
enlarged  by  the  author,  the  late  John  R.  Ridge.  San  Francis- 
co:  Frederick  MacCrellish  6?  co.,  publishers,  1871.  81  pp.  8°. 

The  best'written  life  of  this  notorious  outlaw  of  the  early  days,  whose 
career  is  believed  to  have  been  terminated  in  1853  by  Captain  Henry 
Love,  although  this  latter  fact  has  been  the  subject  of  much  controversy. 

RIDGE,  JOHN  R.  The  life  and  adventures  of  Joaquin  Murieta, 
the  celebrated  California  bandit.  Third  edition,  revised  and 
enlarged  by  the  author,  the  late  John  R.  Ridge.  San  Francisco : 
Fred'k.  MacCrellish  6?  co.,  publishers,  1874.  81  pp.  [With] 

CAREER  OF  TIBURCIO  VASQUEZ  the  bandit  of  Sole- 
dad,  Salinas  and  Tres  Pinos.  With  some  account  of  his  cap' 
ture  by  Sheriff  Rowland  of  Los  Angeles.  Compiled  from  the 
newspaper  accounts.  San  Francisco:  Fred'k.  MacCrellish  6?co., 
1874.  pp.  83-98.  8°. 

The  wrapper  contains  an  equestrian  woodcut  of  one  of  these  individ- 
uals,  and  bears  the  title,  "  The  life  and  adventures  of  Joaquin  Murieta 
and  Tiburcio  Vasques."  John  R.  Ridge  was  an  Indian  of  the  Cherokee 
tribe.  He  was  an  able  journalist,  and  for  many  years  was  one  of  the  edi- 
torial staff  of  the  San  Francisco  "  Alta."  Many  of  his  literary  contribu- 
tions were  signed  "Chees-quat-lawny,"or  its  English  equivalent,  "Yellow 
bird."  A  small  collection  of  his  poems  was  published  in  San  Francisco 
in  1868. 

RINGGOLD,  CADWALADER.  A  series  of  charts  with  sail- 
ing directions,  embracing  surveys  of  the  Farallones,  entrance 
to  the  bay  of  San  Francisco,  bays  of  San  Francisco  and  San 
Pablo,  straits  of  Carquines  and  Suisun  bay,  confluence  and 
deltic  branches  of  the  Sacramento  and  San  Joaquin  rivers,  and 
the  Sacramento  river  (with  the  middle  fork)  to  the  American 
river,  including  the  cities  of  Sacramento  and  Boston,  state  of 
California.  Fourth  edition,  with  additions.  Washington:  Print- 
ed by  Jno.  T.  Towers,  1852.  48  pp.  6  fold.  maps.  8  pis.  8°. 

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The  best  edition.  The  frontispiece  is  a  view  of  San  Francisco  from 
Yerba  Buena  ( Goat )  island.  The  city  of  Boston,  if  it  ever  existed,  has 
been  for  many  years  a  part  of  the  city  of  Sacramento.  It  has  long  been 
forgotten,  and  its  records  appear  to  have  faded  from  history. 

RIORDAN,  JOSEPH  W.  The  first  half  century  of  St.  Ignatius 
church  and  college.  San  Francisco,  Cal. :  1905.  389  pp.  Pis. 
Ports.  8°. 

Written  by  a  member  of  the  Jesuit  order.  This  extensive  work  con' 
tains  a  large  fund  of  early  local  history  and  biography,  with  a  series  of 
valuable  portraits  and  views  illustrative  of  this  well-known  institution. 
A  considerable  portion  of  the  edition  that  had  been  undistributed  was 
destroyed  in  1906. 

ROBERTS,  SIDNEY.  To  emigrants  to  the  gold  region.  An  appeal 
to  citizens  of  the  U.  S.,  the  martyrdom  of  the  two  prophets, 
Joseph  and  Hiram  Smith— doctrines  of  the  Latter  Day  saints  — 
on  the  Melchisedek  priesthood— the  materiality  of  the  soul. 
A  treatise  showing  the  best  way  to  California,  with  many 
serious  objections  to  going  by  sea,  doubling  the  cape,  or  crossing 
the  isthmus,  with  the  constitution  and  articles  of  agreement, 
of  the  Joint  Stock  Mutual  Insurance  merchandizing  company. 
By  Sidney  Roberts,  of  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  travelling  agent  for  the 
company.  New  Haven:  January  i,  1849.  32, 12  pp.  2  ills.  12°. 

In  this  curious  and  rare  tract  Mormon  seal  and  thrift  are  about 
evenly  proportioned. 

ROBERTSON,  WYNDHAM.  Oregon.  Our  right  and  title, 
containing  an  account  of  the  condition  of  the  Oregon  terri- 
tory, its  soil,  climate  and  geographical  position,  together  with 
a  statement  of  the  claims  of  Russia,  Spain,  Great  Britain,  and 
the  United  States ;  accompanied  with  a  map  prepared  by  the 
author.  Washington:  Printed  by  J.  6P  G.  S.  Gideon,  1846.  ii, 
3-203,  xxiv  pp.  Map.  8°. 

Written  in  defense  of  the  claims  of  the  United  States. 

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[ROBINSON,  ALFRED.]  Life  in  California:  during  a  residence 
of  several  years  in  that  territory,  comprising  a  description  of 
the  country  and  the  missionary  establishments,  with  incidents, 
observations,  etc.,  etc.  Illustrated  with  numerous  engravings. 
By  an  American.  To  which  is  annexed,  a  historical  account 
of  the  origin,  customs,  and  traditions,  of  the  Indians  of  Alta- 
California.  Translated  from  the  original  Spanish  manuscript. 
New  York:  Published  by  Wiley  6?  Putnam,  no.  161  Broadway, 
1846.  xii  pp.  i  1.  226  pp.  Pis.  12°.  [With] 

BOSCANA,  GERONIMO.  Chinigchinich ;  a  historical  ac- 
count of  the  origin,  customs,  and  traditions  of  the  Indians  at 
the  missionary  establishment  of  San  Juan  Capistrano,  Alta 
California ;  called  the  Acagchemen  nation ;  collected  with  the 
greatest  care,  from  the  most  intelligent  and  best  instructed  in 
the  matter.  By  the  Reverend  Father  Friar  Geronimo  Boscana, 
of  the  order  of  Saint  Francisco,  apostolic  missionary  at  said 
mission.  Translated  from  the  original  Spanish  manuscript,  by 
one  who  was  for  many  years  a  resident  of  Alta  California. 
New  York:  Published  by  Wiley  and  Putnam,  no.  161  Broad- 
way, 1846.  227-341  pp.  Port.  12°. 

These  two  works  were  issued  together,  being  paged  continuously. 
Alfred  Robinson,  the  author  and  translator,  came  to  California  in  1829. 
His  book  is  well  known,  and  is  one  of  the  most  useful  sources  of  author- 
ity of  its  time.  The  volume  contains  a  portrait  of  Father  Boscana,  and 
eight  plates,  among  which  are  views  of  several  of  the  missions,  and  one 
of  Yerba  Buena  as  it  appeared  when  a  primitive  settlement. 

ROBINSON,  ALFRED.  Life  in  California.  San  Francisco :  Wil- 
liam Doxey,  publisher,  1891.  284  pp.  Port.  12°. 

In  this  edition  the  "Chinigchinich"  of  Boscana  has  been  omitted, 
and  an  appendix  containing  some  reminiscences  has  been  added,  forming 
pp.  233-284.  It  was  again  issued  in  1897. 

ROBINSON,  FAYETTE.  California  and  its  gold  regions;  with 
a  geographical  and  topographical  view  of  the  country,  its  min- 

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eral  and  agricultural  resources.  Prepared  from  official  and  other 
authentic  documents ;  with  a  map  of  the  U.  States  and  Cali- 
fornia, showing  the  routes  of  the  U.  S.  Mail  steam  packets 
to  California,  also  the  various  overland  routes.  New  York: 
Stringer  6PTownsend,  222  Broadway,  1849.  144  pp.  PL  Fold, 
map.  8°. 

In  addition  to  the  usual  stock  information  common  to  all  books  of 
this  description,  this  author  has  gone  backward  somewhat  into  the  colo' 
nial  history  of  California,  with  some  very  strange  results  as  regards  facts 
and  individuals. 

ROBINSON,  JOHN  R.  The  Octopus.  A  history  of  the  con- 
struction,  conspiracies,  extortions,  robberies,  and  villainous  acts 
of  the  Central  Pacific,  Southern  Pacific  of  Kentucky,  Union 
Pacific,  and  other  subsidised  railroads.  San  Francisco,  Cal. : 
1894.  I][6  pp.  1 6°. 

An  expose  without  compromise.  The  author  states  that  he  is  "  famil' 
iar  with  railroad  history,  having  originated  and  established  the  first  rail' 
way  paper  in  the  United  States,  'The  American  Railway  Times,'  Boston, 

o         •»> 

1849. 

ROGERS,].  HENRY.  The  California  hundred:  a  poem.   San 

Francisco:  H.  H.  Bancroft  and  company,  1865.  100  pp.  12°. 

Written  in  memory  of  J.  Sewell  Reed  and  his  gallant  volunteer  band. 

ROGERS,  WOODES.  A  cruising  voyage  round  the  world.  First 
to  the  South'sea,  thence  to  the  East  Indies,  and  homewards  by 
the  Cape  of  Good  Hope.  Begun  in  1708,  and  finished  in  1711. 
Containing  a  journal  of  all  the  remarkable  transactions;  par' 
ticularly  of  the  taking  of  Puna  and  Guiaquil,  of  the  Acapulca 
ship,  and  other  prises ;  an  account  of  Alexander  Selkirk's  liv- 
ing alone  four  years  and  four  months  in  an  island;  ...  by 
Captain  Woodes  Rogers,  commander  in  chief  in  this  expedi' 
tion,  with  the  ships  Duke  and  Dutchess  of  Bristol.  The  second 
edition,  corrected.  London:  Printed  for  Andrew  Bell  at  the 

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Cross-keys  and  Bible  in  Cornhil,  and  Bernard  Lintot  at  the 
Cross-keys  between  the  Temple  gates,  Fleetstreet,  MDCCXVIII. 
xix,  (i),  428,  57,  (7)  pp.  5  fold.  maps.  8°. 

In  the  map  of  the  world  published  by  Herman  Moll,  used  in  this 
work  as  a  frontispiece,  California  is  depicted  as  an  island.  The  descrip- 
tions are  contained  in  pp.  279-312.  Cooke  and  Dampier  were  also  in 
this  voyage,  which  was  the  most  successful  buccaneering  expedition  of 
the  century.  The  prizes  taken  amounted  to  almost  a  million  of  dollars. 

ROOT,  FRANK  A.,  and  CONNELLY,  WILLIAM  ELSEY. 

The  overland  stage  to  California.  Personal  reminiscences  and 
authentic  history  of  the  great  overland  stage  line  and  pony 
express  from  the  Missouri  river  to  the  Pacific  ocean.  Published 
by  the  authors.  Topeka,  Kansas:  1901.  xvii,  (i),  630  pp.  Fold, 
map.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

A  very  complete  work  upon  these  hazardous  enterprises  that  have 
largely  passed  into  history. 

ROQUEFEUIL,  CAMILLE  DE.  Journal  d'un  voyage  autour  du 
monde,  pendant  les  annees  1816,  1817,  1818  et  1819,  par  M. 
Camille  de  Roquefeuil,  lieutenant  de  vaisseau  .  .  .  commandant 
de  navire  le  Bordelais.  Paris :  Ponthieu,  libraire,  Palacio-royal, 
Galerie  de  boies,  no.  252,  [etc.],  1823.  2  vols.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xlix, 
(i),  344  PP-  11,407  pp. 

The  writer  visited  California  and  other  parts  of  the  Pacific  coast.  An 
abridged  translation  into  English  appeared  in  London  the  same  year,  in 
one  volume. 

ROSS,  ALEXANDER.  Adventures  of  the  first  settlers  on  the 
Oregon  or  Columbia  river :  being  a  narrative  of  the  expedition 
fitted  out  by  John  Jacob  Astor,  to  establish  the  "  Pacific  Fur 
company";  with  an  account  of  some  Indian  tribes  on  the  coast 
of  the  Pacific.  London:  Smith,  Elder  and  co.,  65  Cornhill, 
1849.  xvi,  352  pp.  12°. 

The  author,  born  in  Scotland,  emigrated  to  Canada  in  1805,  and  in 
1810  joined  Aster's  expedition  to  Oregon.  Subsequently,  he  was  until 

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1824  a  fur'trader  and  an  officer  in  the  service  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  com' 
pany.  In  1825  he  removed  to  the  Red  river  settlement,  where  after  an 
active  life  he  died  in  1856.  His  narrative  presents  interesting  pictures 
of  the  life  of  the  early  American  fur'trader,  with  its  charm  and  romance. 

ROSSI,  ABBE.  Souvenirs  (Tun  voyage  en  Oregon  et  en  Californie. 
Paris:  Martin-Beaupre  freres,  libraires-editeurs,  1864.  iv,  9^22, 
(2)  pp.  8°. 

Very  interesting  work,  written  in  somewhat  humorous  style  by  this 
missionary,  who  was  a  concientious  observer. 

ROSSIGNON,  JULES.  Guide  pratique  des  Emigrants  en  Califor- 
nieet  des  voyageurs dans  TAmerique  espagnole.  Paris:  Adolphe 
Rene,  Hbraire-editeur,  rue  de  Seine,  32,  1849.  IQ8  pp.  16°. 

ROWE,  JOSEPH  A.  Rowe  and  co's.  Pioneer  circus.  Memoir 
and  biography  of  Joseph  A.  Rowe,  who  brought  the  first  circus 
to  California,  (at  San  Francisco),  in  Oct.  1849.  [n.  p. :  1856.] 
24  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

Includes  a  description  of  the  Pioneer  circus  while  in  San  Francisco, 
held  at  Jackson  and  Montgomery  streets. 

ROYCE,  JOSIAH.  California  from  the  conquest  in  1846,  to  the 
second  Vigilance  committee  in  San  Francisco.  A  study  of  Amer' 
ican  character.  Boston :  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  co.  The  River' 
side  press,  Cambridge,  1886.  xv,  513  pp.  Map.  12°. 

Entirely  free  from  the  complexities  of  thought  and  style  that  too  fre' 
quently  attend  a  work  of  this  kind.  This  study  by  Mr.  Royce  has  long 
since  become  a  pleasing  classic  and  an  authority  of  value  upon  the  his' 
tory  of  this  state. 

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RUHL,  KARL.  Californien.  Ueber  dessen  Bevolkerung  und  ge' 
sellschaftliche  Ziistande,  politische,  religiose  und  Schul'Ver' 
haltnisse,  Handel,  Industrie,  Minen,  Akerbau  u,  s,  w.  Mit  Ve" 
riicksichtigung  der  Minen'Regionen  der  benachbarten  Staaten 
und  Territorien.  Von  Karl  Riihl.  Mit  einer  Karte  von  Cali' 
fornien,  Nevada  6?c.  und  einem  Plane  von  San  Francisco,  nebst 

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Karte  der  Umgebung.  New  York:  Verlag  von  E.  Steiger,  17 
North  William  street,  1867.  viii,  283  pp.  2  fold.  maps.  8°. 

RUSCHENBERGER,  WILLIAM  S.  W.  Narrative  of  a  voyage 
round  the  world,  during  the  years  1835,  36,  and  37.  In  two 
volumes.  London:  Richard  Bentley,  New  Burlington  street, 
1838.  Tinted  pis.  8°.  Vol.  I,  viii,  450  pp.  II,  viii,  472  pp. 

California  was  visited,  and  the  author's  observations  will  be  found 
in  vol.  II,  pp.  402-425. 

RYAN,  WILLIAM  REDMOND.  Personal  adventures  in  Upper 
and  Lower  California,  in  1848-9;  with  the  author's  experience 
at  the  mines.  Illustrated  by  twenty-three  drawings,  taken  on 
the  spot.  London :  William  Shoberl,  publisher,  20,  Great  Marl- 
borough  street,  1850.  2  vols.  12°.  Vol.  I,  x,  347  pp.  10  pis.  II, 
vi,  413  pp.  13  pis. 

The  charming  narrative  of  an  artist  and  bohemian  who  left  unre- 
corded but  little  that  he  saw.  Like  most  of  the  wayfarers  from  Great 
Britain,  his  dignity  was  occasionally  rudely  disturbed,  and  at  such  times 
his  excess  of  feeling  has  caused  his  tone  to  become  terse.  His  descrip- 
tions are  among  the  best  of  his  time. 

[SAGE,  RUFUS  B.]  Scenes  in  the  Rocky  mountains,  and  in 
Oregon,  California,  New  Mexico,  Texas,  and  the  grand  prairies ; 
or  notes  by  the  way,  during  an  excursion  of  three  years,  with 
a  description  of  the  countries  passed  through,  including  their 
geography,  geology,  resources,  present  condition,  and  the  dif- 
ferent nations  inhabiting  them.  By  a  New  Englander.  Phila' 
delphia:  Published  by  Carey  6?  Hart,  1846.  xii,  13^303  pp. 
Fold.  map.  12°. 

This  work  has  been  reprinted,  but  all  editions  are  somewhat  scarce. 

SAINT-AMANT,  P.  CH.  DE.  Voyage  en  Californie,  1850  et  185 1 . 
Paris:  Chez;  Garnier  freres,  Palais-national,  1851.  48  pp.  8°. 

"Navigation  sur  les  deux  oceans."  "Passage  de  Tisthme  de  Panama." 
"Arrivee  a  San  Francisco."  "Tarif  des  douanes  en  Californie." 

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SAINT- AMANT,  P.  CH.  DE.  Voyages  en  Californie  et  dans 
I'Oregon  par  M.  de  Saint- Amant,  envoye  du  gouvernement 
francais,  en  1851-1852.  Paris:  Librairie  L.  Maison,  17  rue  de 
Tournon,  1854.  Hi,  651  pp.  Maps.  Ills.  8°. 

This  was,  at  that  time,  the  most  extensive  and  important  work  on  this 
subject  issued  in  the  French  language. 

[SALES,  LUIS.]  Noticias  de  la  provincia  de  Californias  en  tres 
cartas  de  un  sacerdote  religiose  bijo  del  real  convento  de  pre- 
dicadores  de  Valencia  a  un  amigo  suyo.  En  Valencia :  Por  los 
hermanos  de  Orga  con  las  necesarias  licencias,  1794.  3  vols.  2 
fold,  tables.  12°.  Vol.  I,  104  pp.  II,  96  pp.  Ill,  104  pp. 

This  important  work  was  written  by  a  priest  of  the  Dominican  order. 
The  first  and  second  of  these  letters  were  written  at  San  Miguel  mission, 
California.  The  third  is  dated  from  the  mission  of  the  same  name  in  the 
Azore  islands.  The  tables  refer  to  the  state  of  the  missions  of  California 
in  1787  and  1788.  The  three  volumes  are  usually  found  bound  together, 
and  copies  are  excessively  scarce. 

SALPOINTE,  JOHN  B.  Soldiers  of  tbe  cross.  Notes  on  the 
ecclesiastical  bistory  of  New-Mexico,  Arizona  and  Colorado 
by  Most  Rev.  J.  B.  Salpointe,  D.  D.,  arcbbishop  of  Tomi,  for- 
merly arcbbishop  of  Sante  Fe,  New-Mexico.  Banning,  Califor- 
nia: St.  Boniface's  industrial  scbool,  1898.  xiv,  (i),  299,  (2)  pp. 
Pis.  Ports.  8°. 

In  this  little-known  work  the  author  has  given  the  Spanish,  Mexican, 
and  American  periods  of  history.  The  printing  of  the  work  was  excel- 
lently done  by  the  Indian  boys  of  the  school  at  Banning. 

SAN  DIEGO,  CAL.  Descriptive,  historical,  commercial,  agricul- 
tural, and  otber  important  information  relative  to  tbe  city  of 
San  Diego,  California.  Illustrated  witb  22  photographic  views. 
Containing  also  a  business  directory  of  the  city.  Published  by 
the  chamber  of  commerce  of  the  city  of  San  Diego.  [  San  Diego  ] : 
Printed  at  the  office  of  tbe  "San  Diego  Daily  Union,"  1874. 
50,  (i)  pp.  Photos.  8°. 

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The  views  ( mounted  on  seven  leaves )  form  an  interesting  picture  of 
San  Diego  as  it  was  forty  years  ago,  now  greatly  altered. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL  San  Francisco  album.  Photographs 
of  the  most  beautiful  views  and  public  buildings  of  San  Fran' 
cisco.  Photographed  by  G.R.Fardon.  San  Francisco:  Published 
by  Herre  6?  Bauer,  at  the  office  of  the  San  Francisco  Journal, 
66  Merchant  street,  [1856].  30  photos.  4°. 

The  earliest  collection  of  photographic  views  published  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  finest  specimens  of  the  artistic  skill  of  that  day.  A  printed 
title  and  index  accompany  the  work. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Articles  of  incorporation,  mayor's 
message  and  ordinances  of  the  city  of  San  Francisco.  San  Fran' 
cisco:  Printed  at  the  office  of  the  Evening  Picayune,  1850. 
72  pp.  8°. 

One  of  the  earliest  of  the  public  documents  of  San  Francisco. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Correspondence  on  the  subject  of 
appraisements,  6Pc.,  between  T.  Butler  King,  collector,  and  J. 
Vincent  Browne,  appraiser,  custom  house,  San  Francisco,  CaH- 
fornia.  With  the  opinion  thereon  as  one  of  the  general  ap' 
praisers,  and  the  secretary  of  the  treasury.  Washington:  1852. 
30  pp.  12°. 

The  custom-house  was  destroyed  in  the  fire  of  May  4, 1851,  and  it 
was  necessary  to  remove  the  treasure  (about  $1,000,000)  to  another 
location.  A  heavily  armed  guard  of  thirty  stalwart  citizens  was  headed 
in  person  by  Mr.  King,  and  the  transfer  was  effected.  This  induced 
some  approbation,  but  provoked  much  more  ridicule,  some  of  which 
appeared  in  contemporary  broadsides  of  caricature  and  lampoon. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Diagrams  of  1000  lots  of  land,  situ- 
ated in  the  city  of  San  Francisco,  to  be  sold  on  the  25th  day 
of  Jan7  1851.  By  order  of  the  commissioners  of  the  sinking 
fund,  in  accordance  with  an  ordinance  passed  by  the  common 
council,  and  approved  by  the  mayor,  October  ist,  1850,  en- 
titled an  "  Ordinance  for  the  creation  of  city  stock."  Terms. 

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of  sale.  All  payments  to  be  made  within  ten  days  after  the 
sale,  and  all  city  scrip,  and  audited  accounts  against  the  city, 
will  be  received  in  payment,  with  interest  up  to  the  day  of 
sale.  Signed,  John  W.  Geary,  Benj.  L.  Berry,  Talbot  H.  Green, 
William  Hooper,  James  King  of  Wm.  Theodore  Payne,  auc- 
tioneer.  San  Francisco :  Fishbourne's  lithog.  Ohio  St.,  [1850]. 
36  lithographed  maps.  Obi.  f°. 

The  sale  produced  $55,000.  No  water-lots  were  offered  at  this  auc- 
tion,  having  been  withdrawn  by  the  authorities,  pending  the  uncertainty 
of  titles. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  The  exempt  firemen  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. Their  unique  and  gallant  record,  together  with  a  resume 
of  the  San  Francisco  fire  department  and  its  personnel.  His- 
torical-biographical. San  Francisco :  Published  by  authority  of 
Exempt  fire  company,  1900.  269  pp.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

Contains  many  portraits  and  views,  with  much  historical  data,  espe- 
cially of  the  earlier  period,  not  elsewhere  readily  accessible. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Full  and  complete  statement  of  the 
forgeries  and  frauds  of  H.  S.  Tibbey,  late  secretary  of  the  Du- 
pont  street  commission  and  board  of  public  works  for  widen- 
ing Dupont  street  and  opening  Montgomery  avenue.  Prepared 
by  I.  W.  Lees,  captain  detective  police,  and  H.  S.  Healy,  clerk 
of  detective  department.  Published  by  order  of  the  Dupont 
street  commission  and  board  of  public  works.  San  Francisco : 
Bunker  6?  Hiester,  printers,  S.  F.  Stock  Board  building,  1879. 
iv,  162,  (i)pp.  8°. 

The  frauds  of  Tibbey  amounted  to  $200,000. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  The  laws  of  the  town  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the  office  of  the  Californian, 
1847.  8  pp.  8°. 

Dated  at  the  end,  Oct.  28, 1847.  ^ut  one  COP7  °f  this  work  is  known 
to  exist.  The  enactments  were :  To  prevent  desertion  of  seamen ;  Police 
regulations ;  Licenses;  Town  lots,  improvements,  etc. ;  Concerning  con- 
stables. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Manual  of  the  city  of  San  Francisco, 
containing  a  map  of  the  city ;  a  map  of  the  northern  portion 
of  the  county;  a  list  of  the  officers  of  the  city  and  county,  .  .  . 
with  a  copious  index.  Published  by  authority.  San  Francisco : 
Monson,  Haswell  6?  co.,  Commercial  power  press,  Clay  street, 
below  Montgomery,  1853.  xvi,  261  pp.  2  fold.  maps.  8°. 

Early  general  collection  of  the  laws  and  ordinances  of  San  Francisco, 
with  accompanying  documents.  The  two  folding  maps  were  specially 
engraved  for  this  work  by  B.  F.  Butler. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  leg- 
islative assembly  of  the  district  of  San  Francisco,  from  March 
1 2th,  1849, to  J11116  4tn>  J849,  and  a  record  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  ayuntamiento  or  town  council  of  San  Francisco,  from 
August  6th,  1849,  until  May  jd,  1850.  With  an  appendix  con- 
taining official  communications  and  correspondence,  together 
with  extracts  from  Mexican  constitutions  and  laws  relating 
to  the  powers  of  public  officers,  and  the  administration  of 
justice.  Published  by  order  of  the  board  of  supervisors,  of  the 
city  and  county  of  San  Francisco,  1860.  San  Francisco :  Towne 
5?  Bacon,  printers,  Excelsior  office,  no.  125  Clay  street,  corner 
of  Sansome,  1860.  iv,  5-296  pp.  8°. 

A  work  of  great  importance,  containing,  with  other  historical  mate- 
rial, the  acts  of  the  earliest  municipal  body  after  San  Francisco  had 
passed  out  of  its  village  period. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Ordinances  and  joint  Resolutions  of 
the  city  of  San  Francisco ;  together  with  a  list  of  the  officers 
of  the  city  and  county,  and  rules  and  orders  of  the  common 
council.  Published  by  authority.  San  Francisco:  Monson  & 
Valentine,  book  and  job  printers,  124  Sacramento  street,  1854. 
xlii,  9-525  pp.  8°. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Origin  of  the  free  public  schools  of 
San  Francisco;  embracing  the  report  of  the  committee  ap- 
pointed by  the  board  of  education  of  the  city  and  county  of 

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San  Francisco.  With  accompanying  documents.  San  Francisco: 
Printed  by  Vandall,  Carr  &  co.,  no.  410  Clay  street,  1865. 
122,  4,  4  pp.  8°. 

An  interesting  document,  prepared  to  establish  the  claim  of  John  C. 
Pelton  as  founder  of  the  public  school  system  of  San  Francisco. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Proceedings  of  the  town  council  of 
San  Francisco,  Upper  California.  San  Francisco :  Alta  Califor' 
nia  office,  1849-1850.  4  parts.  8°.  (i.)  San  Francisco:  Alta  Cali- 
fornia  office,  1849.  I'I7  PP->  (?• I^,  blank).  (2.)  San  Francisco: 
Alta  California  press,  1849.  (19)^39  pp.,  (p.  40,  blank).  (3.) 
San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the  Alta  California  office,  1850.  (41)' 
62  pp.,  (p.  63,  blank).  (4.)  San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the  office 
of  the  Alta  California,  1850.  (64)-io5  pp. 

The  earliest  publication  of  the  proceedings  of  the  town  council  of 
San  Francisco,  and  among  the  earliest  specimens  of  printing  in  San  Fran" 
cisco.  Complete  sets  are  excessively  rare.  These  proceedings  were  re' 
printed  in  "  Minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  legislative  assembly  of 
the  district  of  San  Francisco,  1849,"  etc-  S.  F.  1860,  pp.  47-219. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  The  public  schools  of  San  Francisco. 
John  C.  Pelton's  course  in  regard  to  the  same  unmasked.  Re- 
suit  of  the  investigation  of  the  charges  against  John  C.  Pelton 
by  the  committee  of  the  board  of  education,  June,  1865.  San 
Francisco:  1865.  55  pp.  8°. 

The  charges  were  neglect  of  duty,  unprofessional  conduct,  systematic 
insubordination,  disobedience,  and  falsehood.  Despite  this  appalling  ar" 
raignment,  Mr.  Pelton  survived  the  charges  for  more  than  forty  years. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Remonstrance  of  the  city  of  San 
Francisco,  to  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  California,  against 
the  extension  of  the  city  of  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco: 
Commercial  Advertiser  power  presses,  1854.  8  pp.  8°. 

The  extension  bill  of  1853  provided  that  the  water-front  of  San  Fran- 
cisco should  be  moved  six  hundred  feet  into  the  bay,  beyond  the  perma- 
nent water-front  line  fixed  by  law  in  1851.  The  property  was  valued 

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at  $6,000,000.  It  was  expected  that  the  state  would  get  $2,000,000,  and 
the  holders  of  the  deeds  $4,000,000,  which  latter  sum  was  to  be  stolen 
indirectly  from  the  treasury.  It  was  one  of  the  greatest  attempts  at 
fraud  perpetrated  in  California. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Report  of  the  board  of  engineers 
upon  the  city  grades.  San  Francisco,  May  12, 1854.  San  Fran' 
cisco:  Commercial  Advertiser  power  presses,  1854.  27  pp.  Fold, 
map.  8°. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Reports  of  the  alcalde,  comptroller, 
and  treasurer  of  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the 
office  of  the  Alta  California,  1850.  36  pp.  8°. 

Contains  (with  names  of  the  purchasers  and  the  amounts  paid)  the 
complete  record  of  the  sale  at  public  auction  by  the  city  of  San  Fran' 
cisco  of  town4ots  and  water4ots,  on  Nov.  19  and  28,  and  Dec.  10, 1849, 
and  Jan.  3, 1850. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Report  on  the  condition  of  the  beach 
and  water  lots  in  the  city  of  San  Francisco.  Made  in  pursuance 
of  an  ordinance  of  the  common  council  of  said  city,  creating 
a  commission  to  enquire  into  city  property.  Alfred  Wheeler, 
A.  A.  Selover,  Augustus  Morris,  commissioners.  San  Francisco : 
Printed  at  the  office  of  the  Evening  Picayune,  October,  1850. 
104  pp.  8°. 
Rare.  Contains  history  of  grants  and  sales  from  1847. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  Report  on  the  condition  of  the  real 
estate  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  San  Francisco,  and  the 
property  beyond,  within  the  bounds  of  the  old  Mission  Do' 
lores,  made  in  pursuance  of  an  ordinance  of  the  common  coun' 
cil  of  said  city,  creating  a  commission  to  enquire  into  city 
property.  San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the  office  of  the  Evening 
Picayune,  January,  1851.  156  pp.  8°. 

A  valuable  historical  document.  The  history  is  given  of  all  the  original 
grants  in  the  Mission  Dolores  and  Yerba  Buena  from  Sept.  23, 1835,  to 

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July  24, 1846;  also  the  alcalde  grants  and  sales  of  town4ots  to  Mar.  ai, 
1850.  The  commissioners  were  Alfred  Wheeler,  A.  A.  Selover,  and 
Augustus  Morris. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  GAL.  Second  anniversary  of  the  organize 
tion  of  the  fire  department  of  San  Francisco,  and  celebration  of 
the  birthday  of  Washington,  February  22^1853.  San  Francisco : 
Printed  for  the  San  Francisco  fire  department,  1853.  24  pp.  8°. 
Contains  a  complete  list  of  the  officers  and  members  of  the  companies 
of  the  San  Francisco  fire  department  as  they  existed  in  1853. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  School  scandal  of  San  Francisco. 
Account  of  proceedings  held  before  the  investigating  commit- 
tee of  the  bd.  of  ed.,  and  subsequently  before  that  same  body 
sitting  jointly  with  the  board  of  supervisors.  In  two  parts : 
the  board  of  education:  a  condensation:  the  finance  committee: 
a  full  report,  with  introduction  and  complete  index.  San  Fran- 
cisco: San  Francisco  News  co.,  1878.  40  pp.  8°. 
Relates  to  the  traffic  in  examination  papers. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  CHURCHES.  Chronicles  of  Emanu-El: 
being  an  account  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  congregation 
Emanu-El  which  was  founded  in  July,  1850,  and  will  celebrate 
its  fiftieth  anniversary  December  23,  1900.  San  Francisco: 
[Press  of  Geo.  Spaulding  6?  co.,  414  Clay  street],  1900.  171, 
xxi  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  4°. 

A  valuable  contribution  to  local  history.  Apparently  but  a  small  num- 
ber of  copies  was  printed. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  CHURCHES.  Evidence  of  George  In- 
wood's  loan  of  $5,700,  in  1849,  to  the  First  Baptist  church, 
and  of  the  various  means  used  by  the  said  organisation  to 
evade  payment.  San  Francisco :  Commercial  book  and  steam 
presses,  1861.  26  pp.  8°. 

Cover'title.  If  Mr.  Inwood's  contention  be  truthful,  and  such  is  its 
purport,  the  Baptist  church  of  San  Francisco  would  appear  to  rest  upon 
a  strange  foundation. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  CHURCHES.  First  Congregational  church, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  "  Silver  wedding."  The  twenty 'fifth  anni' 
versary  of  the  founding  of  the  First  Congregational  church 
of  San  Francisco,  celebrated  Wednesday,  July  29th,  1874.  [San 
Francisco] :  Spaulding  6?  Barto,  steam  book  and  job  printers, 
414  Clay  street,  1874.  131  pp.  5  pis.  4  ports.  12°. 

Contains  the  early  history  of  the  church,  with  photographic  views. 
The  portraits  are  of  its  successive  pastors. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  CHURCHES.  First  Congregational  church, 

*-*+  »»••«  «  o       o 

San  Francisco,  Cal.  The  golden  jubilee.  Fiftieth  anniversary. 
First  Congregational  church,  S.  F.,  Cal.,  Saturday  and  Sunday, 
July  29,  30,  1899.  Rev.  George  C.Adams,  D.D.,  pastor.  [No 
imprint:  1899.]  34  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  F°. 

A  beautiful  specimen  of  the  press,  apparently  issued  privately.  The 
title  contains  a  view  of  San  Francisco  in  1849. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  CHURCHES.  "The  retrospect."  A  glance 
at  thirty  years  of  the  history  of  Howard  street  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  San  Francisco.  Pubk'shed  by  the  official 
board.  San  Francisco :  A.  Buswell  6?  co.,  printers  and  binders, 
1883.  212  pp.  PL  Ports.  12°. 

This  congregation  dates  from  1851,  and  has  included  many  who  have 
been  prominent  in  the  history  of  San  Francisco. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  CHURCHES.  Unitarian  church,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.  Fifty  years  of  the  Unitarian  church  of  San  Francisco, 
Oct.  20,  i85O'Oct.  21, 1900.  San  Francisco:  Published  by  the 
the  society,  1900.  109  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  12°. 

Historical  sketch  of  the  church  by  Horace  Davis,  and  biographical 
sketches  of  all  the  pastors. 

THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  FAIRY:  a  tale  of  early  times.  San 
Francisco :  Published  by  C.  P.  Kimball,  and  for  sale  by  all  the 
booksellers,  [1868].  14  1.  Ills.  12°. 

Printed  on  one  side  of  each  leaf.  "  This  little  tale  is  founded  upon  the 
well'known  tradition,  prevalent  among  the  old  inhabitants,  that  where 

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Golden  Gate  now  is  was  once  dammed  up  by  a  rock  or  rocks,  and  the 
whole  valley  was  a  great  inland  sea  with  its  entrance  to  the  ocean  down 
near  Monterey."  —  Preface. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  MIDWINTER  FAIR.  The  official  history 
of  the  California  Midwinter  international  exposition.  A  de- 
scriptive  record  of  the  origin,  development  and  success  of  the 
great  industrial  expositional  enterprise  held  in  San  Francisco 
from  January  to  July,  1894.  Compiled  from  the  official  records 
of  the  exposition  and  published  by  authority  of  the  executive 
committee.  San  Francisco :  Press  of  H.  S.  Crocker  company, 
1894.  vi,  259  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  F°. 

An  elaborate  compilation  issued  for  special  purposes,  and  of  which 
but  a  small  edition  was  issued. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  OLYMPIC  CLUB.  The  history  of  the 
Olympic  club.  San  Francisco :  The  Art  publishing  company, 
MDCCCXCIII.  135  pp.  Pis.  Ports.  Obi.  f°. 

A  rather  elaborate  production,  illustrated  with  views  and  many  por- 
traits of  officers  and  prominent  members. 

SAN  MIGUEL,  JUAN  RODRIGUEZ  DE.  Documentos  rela- 
tives al  piadoso  fondo  de  misiones  para  conversion  y  civilisa- 
cion  de  las  numerosas  tribus  barbaras  de  la  Antigua  y  Nueva 
California.  Publicala  el  Lie.  Juan  Rodriguez,  de  S.  Miguel,  apo- 
derado  del  Yllmo.  Sr.  D.  Fr.  Francisco  Garcia  Diego,  primer 
obispo  de  aquella  diocesis.  Mexico:  Imprenta  de  Luis  Aba' 
diano  y  Valdes,  calle  de  los  Escalerillas  num.  13,  ano  de  1845. 
60  pp.  8°. 

SAN  MIGUEL,  JUAN  RODRIGUEZ  DE.  Exposicion  a  la 
comision  de  hacienda  de  la  augusta  camara  de  senadores  a  fa- 
vor de  las  misiones  de  Californias,  Mexico,  noviembre  26  de 
1845.  Juan  Rodriguez;  de  San  Miguel.  [Mexico :  Imprenta  de 
Lara,  1845.]  8  pp.  8°. 
No  title-page. 

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SAN  SALVADOR,  AUGUSTIN  P.  F.  Los  Jesuitas  quitados  y 
restituidos  al  mundo.  Historia  de  la  Antigua  California.  For 
el  Dr.  D.  Augustin  Pomposo  Fernandez;  de  San  Salvador.  Con 
las  licencias  necesarias.  Mexico :  Por  D.  Mariano  Ontiveros, 
calle  del  Espiritu  Santo,  1816.  213,  n  pp.  12°. 

One  thousand  copies  were  distributed. 

SANDERSON,  J.  An  ocean  cruise  and  deep  water  regatta  of 
the  Pacific  yacht  club,  July,  1884.  With  illustrations  by  G.  J. 
Denny.  San  Francisco :  H.  S.  Crocker  6?  co.,  publishers  and 
printers,  2i5'i9  Bush  St.,  1884.  55  pp.  8  col.  pis.  4°. 

The  text  includes  an  account  of  the  cruise,  a  history  of  the  club,  lists 
of  the  members,  and  a  description  of  the  fleet. 

SANKEY,  R.  V.  The  good  time's  come  at  last,  or,  the  race  to 
California.  A  comic  song  written  to  a  golden  measure.  And 
dedicated  to  the  Master  of  the  Mint  by  one  of  the  Golden 
Fleece.  London:  Leoni  Lee  6?  Coxhead,  Albemarle  street, 
[1849].  3  1.  F°. 

Song  of  nine  stanzas  for  voice  and  piano,  engraved  on  three  leaves. 
The  engraving  on  the  cover  illustrates  the  "  gold  rush."  One  of  the  ear- 
liest songs  written  on  the  gold  fever. 

SAWYER,  EUGENE  T.  The  life  and  career  of  Tiburcio  Vas- 
quez,,  the  Californian  bandit  and  murderer :  containing  a  full 
and  correct  account  of  his  many  offenses  against  the  law,  from 
boyhood  up,  his  confession,  capture,  trial,  and  execution.  To 
which  is  appended  Judge  Collins1  address  to  the  jury  in  behalf 
of  the  prisoner.  [San  Jose,  Cal:  1875.]  48pp.  Ports.  8°. 
The  cover  contains  a  portrait  of  Vasques. 

SAXON,  ISABELLA.  Five  years  within  the  Golden  Gate.  Phil- 
adelphia: J.  B.  Lippincott  &  co.,  1868.  x,  315  pp.  PL  8°. 
Some  copies  bear  the  imprint  of  Chapman  and  Hall,  London. 

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SCAMMON,  CHARLES  M.  The  marine  mammals  of  the  north- 
western coast  of  North  America,  described  and  illustrated; 
together  with  an  account  of  the  American  whale-fishery.  San 
Francisco :  John  H.  Carmany  and  company.  New  York :  G.  P. 
Putnam's  sons,  1874.  319,  v  pp.  Pis.  4°. 
An  elaborate  work  of  much  importance. 

SCHAEFFER,  LUTHER  MELANCTHON.  Sketches  of  travel 
in  South  America,  Mexico  and  California.  New  York :  James 
Egbert,  printer,  321  Pearl  street,  1860.  247  pp.  12°. 

The  author  arrived  at  San  Francisco  in  Sept.,  1849,  and  nearly  the 
entire  work  is  devoted  to  California.  His  narrations  are  exceedingly 
interesting. 

SCHLAGINTWEIT,  ROBERT  VON.  Californien.  Land  und 
Leute.  Coin  und  Leipzig:  Eduard  Heinrich  Mayer,  1871.  xvi, 
380  pp.  12°. 

SCHMOLDER,  B.  Neuer  praktischer  Wegweiser  fur  Auswan- 
derer  nach  Nord-Amerika  Oregon  und  Californien  und  Alle- 
gemeines  iiber  das  Mississippi'  und  Missouri-Thai.  Klima,  Bo- 
den,  Produkte,  etc.  Mains :  Le  Roux'sche  Hof  buchhandlung 
(E.  Janitschu.  B.  Kunkel),  1849.  3  1.  120  pp.  Pis.  Port.  8°. 

Among  the  engravings  are  views  of  San  Francisco,  Sutter's  fort,  Sut- 
tersville,  and  a  portrait  of  Sutter.  The  view  of  San  Francisco  is  repro- 
duced from  Forbes' "  History  of  California." 

SCHOONOVER,  T.  J.  The  life  and  times  of  Gen  1  John  A. 
Sutter.  Illustrated  pocket  edition.  Sacramento :  D.  Johnston  6? 
co.,  printers,  1895.  3  1.  136  pp.  Ports.  Ills.  16°. 

First  edition.  The  most  complete  biography  of  this  noted  Californian. 
An  enlarged  edition  has  been  recently  issued. 

SCHWARZ,  J.  L.  Briefe  eines  Deutschen  aus  Kalifornien,  nebst 
authentischen  Dokumenten.    Herausgegeben  von  Dr.  J.  L. 
Schwars.  Berlin:  W.  Adolf  und  comp.,  1849.  4,  54  pp.  12°. 
These  letters  were  written  principally  from  California,  1848-49. 

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SCOTT,  WILLIAM  ANDERSON.  A  discourse  for  the  times, 
delivered  in  Calvary  church,  Sunday,  July  27, 1856.  Education, 
and  not  punishment,  the  true  remedy  for  the  wrongdoings 
and  disorders  of  society.  San  Francisco :  For  sale  by  all  the 
booksellers,  1856.  8  pp.  8°. 

Cover'title.  His  reflections  upon  the  acts  of  the  Vigilance  committee 
incurred  the  severe  displeasure  of  that  organization,  and  provoked  from 
it  a  rather  severe  reprimand. 

SEDGLEY,  JOSEPH.  Overland  to  California  in  1849.  Oakland: 

Butler  &?  Bowman,  steam  book  and  job  printers,  1877.  66  pp.  8°. 

Came  to  California  with  the  Sagamore  and  California  mining  and 

trading  company,  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  of  which  a  full  list  of  the 

members  is  given. 

SEWARD,  GEORGE  FREDERICK.  California.  A  lecture,  be- 
ing  the  first  of  a  series  for  1874-5  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Shanghai  temperance  society.  Shanghai:  1875.  20  pp.  8°. 
Rare. 

SEWARD,  GEORGE  FREDERICK.  Chinese  immigration,  in 
its  social  and  economical  aspects.  New  York:  Charles  Scrib- 
ner's  sons,  1881.  xv,  (i),  420,  (i)  pp.  8°. 
Relates  largely  to  California. 

SEWARD,  WILLIAM  HENRY.  Speech  on  the  admission  of 
California,  delivered  in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States,  March 
u,  1850.  Totam  republican!  vos  in  haec  causa  tenetis.  Wash' 
ington :  Printed  and  for  sale  by  Buell  6?  Blanchard,  Sixth  street, 
south  of  Pennsylvania  avenue,  1850.  46  pp.  8°. 

This  is  the  best  of  the  numerous  editions  of  this  famous  speech. 
About  100  speeches  were  made  during  this  protracted  debate  in  Con' 
gress,  and  all  exist  in  separate  pamphlet  form,  published  in  Washington 
in  1849-50. 

SEXTON,  ELLA  M.  Stories  of  California.  New  York :  The  Mac- 
millan  company,  1902.  x,  211  pp.  12°. 

Interesting  stories  of  no  great  depth,  but  full  of  the  romantic  color' 
ing  of  California. 

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SEYD,  ERNEST.  California  and  its  resources.  A  work  for  the 
merchant,  the  capitalist,  and  the  emigrant.  London :  Triibner 
and  co.,  60  Paternoster  Row,  1858.  168  pp.  Pis.  2  fold.  maps. 
Ills.  8°. 

Eight  of  the  plates  are  rather  attractive  colored  lithographs,  and  in 
addition  there  is  a  folding  view  of  San  Francisco  in  1857.  Some  copies 
have  on  the  cover  a  representation  of  the  Californian  gold  $50  slug. 

SEYMOUR,  E.  SANFORD.  Emigrant's  guide  to  the  gold  mines 
of  Upper  California.  Illustrated  with  a  map.  Chicago:  Printed 
and  published  by  R.  L.  Wilson,  Daily  Journal  office,  1849.  IO4 
pp.  Map.  8°. 

The  contents  are  rather  above  the  average  of  such  works,  but  the  map 
is  doubtless  the  most  crude  representation  of  California  ever  attempted. 

SHAW,  D.  A.  Eldorado  or  California  as  seen  by  a  pioneer, 
1850-1900.  Los  Angeles,  Cal. :  B.  R.  Baumgardt  6?  co.,  1900. 
313  pp.  Pis.  Port.  12°. 

An  interesting  recital  of  many  events  of  the  early  days,  to  which  is 
added  accounts  of  Jedidiah  Smith,  Bill  Bent,  and  others. 

SHAW,  PRINGLE.  Ramblings  in  California ;  containing  a  de- 
scription  of  the  country,  life  in  the  mines,  state  of  society,  6?c. 
Interspersed  with  characteristic  anecdotes,  and  sketches  of  life, 
during  the  five  years  experience  of  a  gold  digger.  Toronto : 
James  Bain,  [ca.  1860].  vi,  (2),  9-239  pp.  12°. 

Some  of  the  experiences  of  this  gold'seeker,  who  came  to  California 
in  the  early  days,  are  extremely  interesting,  especially  during  his  career 
as  a  local  magistrate. 

SHAW,  R.  C.  Across  the  plains  in  forty-nine.  Farmland,  Ind. : 
W.  C.  West,  publisher,  1896.  v,  7-200  pp.  Port.  12°. 

SHAW,  WILLIAM.  Golden  dreams  and  leaden  realities;  being 
the  adventures  of  a  gold-seeker  in  California  and  the  Pacific 
islands.  London:  Smith,  Elder  &  co.,  65  Cornhill,  1851.  xii, 
316  pp.  12°. 

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The  keen  observations,  vividly  told  by  a  Britisher  who,  like  most  of 
his  class,  professed  to  suffer  from  his  contact  with  Californian  society. 
His  work  is  entertaining,  and  his  description  of  the  venerable  Mission 
Dolores  is  peculiarly  edifying,  of  which  he  says  that  "one  wing  had  a 
decidedly  ecclesiastic  appearance,  .  .  .  the  other  wing  formed  a  separate 
establishment,  having  been  converted  into  a  tavern."  He  had  ample 
opportunity  to  observe  the  place,  for  from  its  landlord  he  received  work 
which  lasted  for  some  months. 

SHAW,  WILLIAM  J.  Report  of  argument  made  before  the 
supreme  court  of  the  state  of  California,  in  the  case  of  Hart 
(Jesse  D.  Carr)  vs.  Burnett  et  al,  (involving  the  validity  of 
Peter  Smith  titles,  and  the  question  of  titles  in  the  old  missions 
and  villages  of  California),  delivered  at  Sacramento,  on  the 
8th,  Qth,  zoth  and  i2th  of  December,  1859.  Reported  by 
Charles  A.  Sumner.  San  Francisco :  Published  by  appellants, 
1859.  (i),  ii,  3-167  pp.  8°. 

Able  and  standard  authority  on  Spanish  and  Mexican  law  relating 
to  titles  of  grants  of  land. 

SHEA,  JOHN  GILMARY.  History  of  the  Catholic  missions 
among  the  Indian  tribes  of  the  United  States,  1529-1854.  New 
York:  Edward  Dunigan  &P  brother,  1855.  514  pp.  Ports. 
Facs.  12°. 

Californian  missions,  pp.  88-120. 

SHELVOCKE,  GEORGE.  A  voyage  round  the  world  by  way 
of  the  Great  South  sea.  Performed  in  the  years  1719,  20,  21, 
22,  in  the  Speedwell  of  London,  of  24  guns  and  100  men,  (under 
his  Majesty's  commission  to  cruize  on  the  Spaniards  in  the 
late  war  with  the  Spanish  crown),  till  she  was  cast  away  on 
the  island  of  Juan  Fernandez,  in  May  1720 ;  and  afterwards  con- 
tinu'd  in  the  Recovery,  the  Jesus  Maria  and  Sagrada  Familia 
6s?c.  London:  Printed  for  J.  Senex,  at  the  Globe  against  St. 
Dunstan's  church,  Fleetstreet,  [etc.],  MDCCXXVI.  3  1.  xxxii  pp. 
2  1.  468  pp.  3  fold.  pis.  Map.  8°. 

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In  the  map  of  the  world  California  is  shown  as  an  island.  Two  of 
the  plates  represent  male  and  female  inhabitants  of  California.  Two 
histories  were  published  of  this  voyage.  The  other,  written  by  Capt. 
Betagh,  was  intended  by  him  as  a  vindication  of  his  conduct,  having 
been  accused  of  piracy  and  embe^lement.  Shelvocke  has  the  fullest 
accounts  of  California,  the  natives  and  other  features,  of  any  of  the  old 
voyagers.  Gold-dust  was  discovered  by  the  party  in  such  abundance, 
or  such  they  claimed,  that  they  were  "  prejudiced  against  the  thought 
that  this  metal  should  be  so  promiscuously  and  universally  mingled  with 
the  common  earth,"  but  the  specimens  they  brought  away  were  lost. 

SHERMAN,  WILLIAM  TECUMSEH.  Memoirs  of  General 
William  T.  Sherman.  By  himself.  In  two  volumes.  New  York: 
D.  Appleton  and  company,  1875.  2,  vols.  Fold.  map.  8°.  Vol. 
I,  405  pp.  II,  409  pp.  Fold,  map  in  pocket. 

First  edition.  This  eminent  pioneer  came  to  California  in  1847,  ^  a 
first  lieutenant  of  the  Third  artillery,  U.  S.  A.  His  military  career  at 
this  time  and  his  subsequent  experiences  as  a  banker  in  San  Francisco 
occupy  pp.  9'i40  of  vol.  I. 

SHERWOOD,  J.  ELY.  California:  her  wealth  and  resources; 
with  many  interesting  facts  respecting  the  climate  and  people ; 
the  official  and  other  correspondence  of  the  day,  relating  to 
the  gold  region ;  Colonel  Mason's  report,  and  all  that  part  of 
the  President's  message  having  reference  to  the  country  in 
which  those  vast  discoveries  have  been  made;  also  a  memo- 
rial offered  in  Congress,  in  relation  to  the  proposed  railroad 
to  the  Pacific  ocean.  New  York :  George  F.  Nesbitt,  stationer 
and  printer,  corner  of  Wall  and  Water  sts.,  1848.  40  pp.  8°. 
Further  than  the  government  documents  cited,  this  work  contains 
but  little.  On  the  last  page  is  a  rather  clever  poem,  "  Song  of  the  gold- 
diggers,"  written  by  some  inspired  Californian  in  imitation  of  Hood's 
"  Song  of  the  shirt."  This  work  is  among  the  earliest  published  upon 
the  gold  discovery. 

SHINN,  CHARLES  HOWARD.  Mining  camps.  A  study  of 
American  frontier  government.  New  York:  Charles  Scribner's 
sons,  1885.  xi,  316  pp.  12°. 

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In  this  very  readable  book  the  author  has  closely  and  ably  traced  the 
evolution  of  laws  and  methods  of  government  as  devised  by  these  primi- 
tive  communities,  wherein  the  demand  for  protection  and  justice  was 
imperative,  and  established  courts  were  few  and  remote. 

SHUCK,  OSCAR  TULLY.  California  anthology:  or  striking 
thoughts  on  many  themes,  carefully  selected  from  California 
writers  and  speakers.  San  Francisco :  From  the  press  of  Barry 
6?  Baird,  419  Sacramento  St.,  1880.  471  pp.  8°. 

The  subject-matter  is  different  from  and  of  a  later  period  than  that 
contained  in  this  author's  "  Scrap-book." 

SHUCK,  OSCAR  TULLY.  The  California  scrap-book:  a  repos- 
itory of  useful  information  and  select  reading.  Comprising 
choice  selections  of  prose  and  poetry,  tales  and  anecdotes,  his- 
torical, descriptive,  humorous,  and  sentimental  pieces,  mainly 
culled  from  the  various  newspapers  and  periodicals  of  the  Pa- 
cific coast.  San  Francisco:  H.  H.  Bancroft  6?  company,  [etc.], 
1869.  704  pp.  Pis.  8°. 

A  remarkable  collection,  assembled  from  many  sources,  upon  all  pos- 
sible subjects.  So  large  a  mass  of  the  early  literary  history  of  California 
is  available  in  no  other  form. 

SHUCK,  OSCAR  TULLY.  Historical  abstract  of  San  Francisco. 
Prepared  and  published  by  Oscar  T.  Shuck,  author  of  "Bench 
and  bar  in  California,"  and  of  "Representative  men  of  the  Pa- 
cific." In  three  volumes.  Vol.  I.  San  Francisco:  1897.  IO4  PP- 
Pis.  Ports.  8°. 

One  volume  was  all  that  appeared.  This  work  is  of  great  value  to 
the  investigator  of  biography  and  history,  and  it  is  regrettable  that  the 
unpublished  manuscripts  of  the  remaining  volumes  were  lost  in  the  fire 
of  1906. 

SHUCK,  OSCAR  TULLY.  History  of  the  bench  and  bar  of 
California,  being  biographies  of  many  remarkable  men  .  .  .  com- 
prehending the  judicial  history  of  the  state.  Los  Angeles,  Cal. : 
The  Commercial  printing  house,  1901.  xxiv,  1152  pp.  Ports.  8°. 
Several  editions  of  this  work  have  appeared;  this  is  the  most  complete. 

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SHUCK,  OSCAR  TULLY.  John  G.  Downey,  seventh  governor 
of  California.  [San  Francisco:  James  H.Barry,  1886.]  13  pp.  4°. 
A  biographical  sketch,  issued  in  a  somewhat  elaborate  form,  being 
printed  on  one  side  of  the  leaf  only,  within  a  border  of  gold. 

SHUCK,  OSCAR  TULLY.  Official  roll  of  the  city  and  county 
of  San  Francisco,  ab  initio.  San  Francisco :  Press  of  Dempster 
bros.,  35  Glen  Park  avenue,  1894.  128  pp.  Obi.  8°. 

A  valuable  compilation  containing  lists  of  the  early  alcaldes ;  town 
councils  of  1849-50;  city  and  county  officers  prior  to  and  after  the  con- 
solidation  of  the  city  and  county ;  officers  of  the  paid  fire  department ; 
and  boards  of  freeholders,  1880,  1882,  and  1886,  with  terms  of  office. 

SHUCK,  OSCAR  TULLY.  Representative  and  leading  men  of 
the  Pacific ;  being  original  sketches  of  the  lives  and  characters 
of  the  principal  men,  living  and  deceased,  of  the  Pacific  states 
and  territories— pioneers,  politicians,  lawyers,  doctors,  mer- 
chants, orators  and  divines — to  which  are  added  their  speeches, 
addresses,  orations,  eulogies,  lectures,  and  poems,  upon  a  va- 
riety of  subjects,  including  the  happiest  forensic  efforts  of 
Baker,  Randolph,  McDougall,  T.  Starr  King,  and  other  popular 
authors.  San  Francisco :  Bacon  and  company,  printers  and  pub- 
lishers, no.  536  Clay  street,  1870.  702  pp.  PL  22  steel  ports.  8°. 
Of  permanent  value  as  a  work  of  reference. 

SIGNAL  FIRES  ON  THE  TRAIL  OF  THE  PATHFINDER. 
New  York:  Dayton  and  Bur  dick,  29  Ann  street,  1856.  viii, 
9-162  pp.  12°. 

A  poetical  work  that  is  but  little  known.  It  relates  to  episodes  in  the 
life  of  John  C.  Fremont,  more  especially  during  his  career  as  an  explorer 
and  one  of  the  conquerors  of  California.  It  was  collected  and  issued 
during  his  unsuccessful  presidential  campaign. 

SILL,  EDWARD  ROWLAND.  The  hermitage  and  other  poems. 
San  Francisco:  H.  H.  Bancroft  &  co.,  1868.  151,  (i)  pp.  16°. 
This  imprint  appeared  the  same  year  as  the  New  York  issue,  but  the 
latter  is  conceded  to  be  the  first  edition. 

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SILL,  EDWARD  ROWLAND.  A  memorial  of  Edward  Row- 
land Sill,  who  died  February  27th,  1887.  Proceedings  of  the 
memorial  meeting  held  by  his  friends  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Berkeley  club,  at  Oakland,  Gal,  i4th  April,  1887.  Together 
with  extracts  from  his  correspondence,  [n.  p.]:  Published  for 
private  circulation,  [1887].  139  pp.  8°. 

SILL,  EDWARD  ROWLAND.  The  Venus  of  Milo  and  other 
poems.  Berkeley,  California:  1883.  iv>  5'8i  pp.  8°. 
Privately  printed. 

SILLIMAN,  BENJAMIN.  A  description  of  the  recently  discov- 
ered petroleum  region  in  California.  With  a  report  on  the 
same.  New  York:  Francis  6?  Loutrel,  printers,  45  Maiden  Lane, 
December,  1864.  23  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

The  oil  lands  described  were  in  San  Bernardino  county.  Several  pam- 
phlets on  this  subject  appeared  about  the  same  time. 

SIMMONS,  J.  C.  The  history  of  Southern  Methodism  on  the 
Pacific  coast.  With  an  introduction  by  the  Rev.  O.  P.  Fitz- 
gerald, D.  D.  Nashville,  Tenn. :  Southern  Methodist  publish- 
ing house,  1886.  x,  (n)-454  pp.  Port.  12°. 

This  church  community  was  established  in  California  in  1850.  Like 
the  others  of  its  class,  this  book  is  replete  with  names  and  events  of  local 
history. 

SIMPSON,  ALEXANDER.  The  Oregon  territory.  Claims  there- 
to of  England  and  America  considered;  its  condition  and 
prospects.  By  Alexander  Simpson,  a  late  British  resident  there. 
London:  Richard  Bentley,  New  Burlington  street,  1846.  60 
pp.  8°. 

Mr.  Simpson  had  been  for  several  years  an  official  in  the  Hudson's 
Bay  company. 

SIMPSON,  GEORGE.  Narrative  of  a  voyage  round  the  world, 
during  the  years  1841  and  1842.  By  Sir  George  Simpson,  gov- 
ernor-uvchief  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  company's  territories  in 

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North  America.  London:  Henry  Colburn,  publisher,  Great 
Marlborough  street,  1847.  2  v°ls-  8°.  Vol.  I,  xii,  438  pp.  Fold, 
map.  Port.  II,  vii,  469  pp. 

A  model  record  of  travels  by  an  exceedingly  able  man  and  a  keen  ob- 
server. His  accounts  of  California  are  to  be  found  in  vol.  I,  pp.  253-411. 

SIMPSON,  HENRY  I.  The  emigrants1  guide  to  the  gold  mines. 
Three  weeks  in  the  gold  mines,  or  adventures  with  the  gold 
diggers  of  California  in  August,  1848.  Together  with  advice 
to  emigrants,  with  full  instructions  upon  the  best  methods  of 
getting  there,  living,  expenses,  etc.,  etc.,  and  a  complete  de- 
scription of  the  country,  with  a  map  and  illustrations.  New 
York:  Joyce  and  co.,  40  Ann  street,  1848.  30  pp.  Map.  Ills.  8°. 

One  of  the  earliest  of  the  so-called  "  guides."  It  fulfills  but  few  of  its 
promises,  and  the  illustrations  contribute  little  to  its  value,  but,  like 
others  of  its  class,  it  has  the  real  merit  of  being  rare.  The  map  was  not 
issued  with  all  copies. 

SITJAR,  BUENAVENTURA.  Vocabulario  de  la  lengua  de  los 
naturales  de  la  mision  de  San  Antonio,  Alta  California.  New 
York:  Cramoisy  press,  1861.  xix,  9'53,  i  pp.  8°. 

Shea's  library  of  American  linguistics,  vii.  Titles  in  English  and  Span- 
ish. This  language  was  spoken  by  a  tribe  that  formerly  lived  to  the 
south  of  Monterey,  at  one  time  numerous,  but  now  probably  extinct. 
Father  Sitjar,  a  Franciscan,  was  the  founder  in  1771  of  the  San  Antonio 
mission,  at  which  place  he  died  in  1808.  One  hundred  copies  were 
printed  in  8°,  and  a  few  ( 25,  it  is  stated)  were  issued  in  4°. 

SLATER,  NELSON.  Fruits  of  Mormonism,  or  a  fair  and  candid 
statement  of  facts  illustrative  of  Mormon  principles,  Mormon 
policy,  and  Mormon  character,  by  more  than  forty  eye-wit- 
nesses. Compiled  by  N.  Slater,  A.  M.  Coloma,  Cal. :  Harmon 
and  Springer,  1851.  94  pp.  12°. 

Early  Californian  printing,  being  apparently  the  only  book  published 
in  the  historic  town  of  Coloma.  It  relates  to  the  oppressions  and  out- 
rages inflicted  upon  Californian  immigrants  journeying  through  Utah. 

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SMET,  PIERRE  JEAN  DE.  Letters  and  sketches;  with  a  nar- 
rative of  a  year's  residence  among  the  Indian  tribes  of  the 
Rocky  mountains.  Philadelphia:  Published  by  M.  Fithian,  61 
n.  Second  street,  1843.  ix,  (3),  13-252  pp.  13  pis.  12°. 

Several  of  the  letters  relate  to  Oregon.  One  of  the  plates  is  a  long 
folding  symbolical  catechism  for  the  Indians,  which  from  its  character 
is  rarely  present. 

SMET,  PIERRE  JEAN  DE.  Missions  de  TOregon  et  voyages 
aux  montagnes  Rocheuses  aux  sources  de  la  Colombie,  de 
T Athabasca  et  du  Sascatshawin,  en  1845-46.  Gand:  Impr.  6P 
lith.  de  Ve  Vander  Schelden,  editeur,  [1848].  ix,  10-389  pp. 
Eng.  title.  14  pis.  3  fold.  maps.  12°. 

The  author  was  a  learned  Jesuit  missionary,  and  his  work  is  the  best 
and  most  important  of  its  kind. 

SMET,  PETER  JOHN  DE.  Oregon  missions  and  travels  over 
the  Rocky  mountains,  in  1 845-46.  New  York :  Published  by  Ed- 
ward Dunigan,  151  Fulton-street,  MDCCCXLVII.  xii,  13-408,  (4) 
pp.  Pis.  Map.  12°. 

Engraved  title.  The  plates,  which  with  the  title  are  14  in  number, 
differ  in  some  respects  from  those  of  the  French  edition.  Peter  John  de 
Smet,  a  Jesuit  missionary,  was  engaged  in  apostolic  labors  among  the 
Flatheads  of  the  Rocky  mountains  from  1840  to  1843.  In  1844  he  reached 
Fort  Vancouver,  Oregon.  Many  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  the  west, 
and  his  various  works  contain  interesting  details  of  aboriginal  and  mis- 
sionary history. 

SMITH,  BUCKINGHAM.  Coleccion  de  varios  documentos 
para  la  historia  de  la  Florida  y  tierras  adyacentes.  Tomo  I. 
Londres :  En  la  casa  de  Triibner  y  compania,  num.  60,  Pater- 
noster Row,  [1857].  3  1-  2°8  PP-  4°- 

Five  hundred  copies  of  this  book  were  printed.  No  subsequent  vol- 
ume appeared.  Although  bearing  a  London  imprint,  this  work  was 
published  in  Madrid  by  Jose  Rodriguez  The  following  are  the  docu- 
ments of  Californian  interest :  —  "  Instruccion  que  debia  observar  el  capi- 
tan  Hernando  de  Alarcon  en  la  expedicion  a  la  California  que  iba  a 

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emprender  de  orden  del  virrey  D.  Antonio  de  Mendosa,  California, 
1541,"  pp.  1-6;  "Relacion,  6  diario  de  la  navegacion  que  hiso  Juan 
Rodriguez  Cabrillo  con  dos  navios,  al  descubrimiento  del  paso  de  mar 
del  sur  al  norte  desde  27  de  junio  de  1542  .  .  .  hasta  14  de  abril  del  si' 
guiente  ano,"  pp.  17  3' 189.  One  of  the  best  available  references  to  the 
discovery  of  California  by  Cabrillo.  A  translation  into  English  appeared 
in  Wheeler's  "Geogr.  surv.,"  vol.  VII. 

SMITH,  FRANK  MERIWEATHER.  San  Francisco  Vigilance 
committee  of  '56,  with  some  interesting  sketches  of  events 
succeeding  1846.  San  Francisco,  Cal. :  Barry,  Baird  &  co.,  print- 
ers and  publishers,  419  Sacramento  St.,  1883.  83  pp.  8°. 

Prefaced  by  a  review  of  the  state  of  society  in  San  Francisco  from 
1846.  Accounts  of  both  the  committees  are  given,  drawn  principally 
from  the  contemporary  press.  The  author  has  ventured  neither  praise 
nor  prejudice,  and  his  work  is  a  concise  though  brief  history  of  these 
tribunals. 

SMITH,  TRUMAN.  Speech  on  the  physical  character  of  the 
northern  states  of  Mexico  (including  the  disputed  territory 
between  the  Nueces  and  the  Rio  Grande,  also  New  Mexico 
and  Upper  California,)  the  general  face  of  those  countries, 
their  rivers,  mountains,  deserts,  and  lands  susceptible  of  culti' 
vation,  with  a  consideration  of  the  agricultural  and  other  re- 
sources of  such  states,  and  the  condition  of  the  inhabitants, 
their  character,  institutions,  manners,  education,  intellectual 
and  moral  qualities,  with  reference  to  their  fitness  to  become 
citizens  of  the  United  States;  and  also  of  the  consequences 
which  must  result  from  the  admission  of  any  and  all  such 
states  into  the  union ;  and  showing  that  the  present  war  with 
Mexico  has  been  prosecuted  for  objects  and  purposes  likely 
to  prove  in  a  high  degree  injurious  to  the  American  people. 
Delivered  in  the  House  of  Representatives  U.  States,  March 
2, 1848.  [Washington]:  J.  &  G.  S.  Gideon,  printers,  [1848]. 

No  title'page.  Exhibits  extensive  research,  and  is  one  of  the  earliest 
speeches  in  Congress  on  this  new  territory.  The  speeches  delivered  in 

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Congress  relating  to  the  affairs  of  California,  and  subsequently  printed 
in  separate  pamphlet  form,  are  more  than  100  in  number.  A  few  ap- 
peared in  1848-49,  but  the  majority  were  issued  in  1850,  and  relate  prin- 
cipally to  the  admission  of  California  as  a  state. 

SOULE,  FRANK,  GIHON,  JOHN  H.,  and  NISBET,  JAMES. 
The  annals  of  San  Francisco ;  containing  a  summary  of  the 
history  of  the  first  discovery,  settlement,  progress,  and  present 
condition  of  California,  and  a  complete  history  of  all  the  im- 
portant events  connected  with  its  great  city:  to  which  are 
added  biographical  memoirs  of  some  prominent  citizens.  Illus- 
trated with  one  hundred  and  fifty  fine  engravings.  New  York : 
D.  Appleton  6-?  company,  346  6?  348  Broadway.  San  Francis- 
co: Montgomery  street.  London:  16  Little  Britain,  MDCCCLV. 
824  pp.  Pis.  Map.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 

This  well-known  work  needs  but  slight  comment.  Some  of  its  features 
have  been  subjected  to  criticism,  and  certain  statements  also  have  been 
pronounced  unreliable,  but  it  is  yet  one  of  the  principal  sources  of  au- 
thority for  the  strictly  local  history  of  San  Francisco  from  its  beginning 
to  June,  1854.  When  complete,  the  work  contains  a  folding  map  of 
Mexico  and  the  United  States,  two  steel  views  of  San  Francisco,  and  four 
steel  portraits,  including  Stockton,  Geary,  Matilda  Heron,  and  Alexina 
Baker. 

THE  SPANISH  MISSIONS  OF  CALIFORNIA.  A  collection 
of  photogravures  of  the  old  buildings,  with  notes,  historical 
and  descriptive.  San  Francisco :  Published  by  W.  K.  Vickery, 
224  Post  St.,  [ca.  1900].  Title,  and  13  1.  12  pis.  Obi.  f°. 

SPEER,  WILLIAM.  An  humble  plea,  addressed  to  the  legisla- 
ture of  California,  in  behalf  of  the  immigrants  from  the  em- 
pire of  China  to  this  state.  San  Francisco,  Cal. :  Published  at 
the  office  of  the  Oriental,  no.  68  Merchant  street,  printed  by 
Sterett  &  co.,  1856.  40  pp.  8°. 

Mr.  Speer,  for  many  years  a  missionary  among  the  Chinese,  was  one 
of  the  first  to  advocate  their  cause  in  China. 

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SPEER,  WILLIAM.  China  and  California :  their  relations  past 
and  present.  A  lecture  in  conclusion  of  a  series  in  relation  to 
the  Chinese  people,  delivered  in  the  Stockton  street  Presby 
terian  church,  June  28,  1853,  by  tne  Rev-  William  Speer,  mis- 
sionary to  the  Chinese  in  California.  San  Francisco,  Cal. : 
Published  by  Marvin  6?  Hitchcock,  168  Montgomery  street, 
near  Washington,  1853.  28  pp.  8°. 

SPEER,  WILLIAM.  The  oldest  and  the  newest  empire.  China 
and  the  United  States.  Hartford,  Conn. :  Published  by  S.  S. 
Scran  ton  and  company,  1870.  68 1  pp.  Pis.  8°. 

Devoted  chiefly  to  the  Chinese  in  California.  Several  of  the  plates 
depict  scenes  in  Chinatown,  San  Francisco. 

SPURR,  GEORGE  C.  The  land  of  gold.  A  tale  of '49,  founded 
upon  fact.  Dedicated  to  California  pioneers.  With  seven  iP 
lustrations.  Boston:  A.  Williams  &  company,  Old  Corner 
bookstore,  1881.  ix  pp.  i  1.  271  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

STANSBURY,  HOWARD.  Exploration  and  survey  of  the 
valley  of  the  Great  Salt  lake  of  Utah,  including  a  reconnois' 
sance  of  a  new  route  through  the  Rocky  mountains.  Printed 
by  order  of  the  Senate  of  the  United  States.  Philadelphia: 
Lippincott,  Grambo  &  co.,  1852.  2  vols.  8°.  Vol.  I,  487  pp. 
Pis.  Maps.  II,  2  fold.  maps. 

THE  STATE  REGISTER  AND  YEAR  BOOK  OF  FACTS: 

for  the  year  1857.  Published  annually.  San  Francisco :  Henry 
G.  Langley  and  Samuel  A.  Matthews,  no.  144  Washington 
street.  Sacramento:  James  Queen,  1857.  v^»  3^4  PP-  I2°- 

Includes  a  wide  range  of  local  information  not  readily  to  be  found  in 
any  other  source.  A  second  and  final  issue  appeared  in  1859. 

STEELE,  JAMES.  Old Californian days.  Chicago:  Belford-Clarke 

CO.,  1889.    227  pp.    Ills.    12°. 

Chiefly  historical,  concerning  Indian  and  mission  life  of  the  days  of 
the  Padres. 

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STEELE,  ROWENA  GRANICE.  Dell  Dart;  or,  within  the 
meshes.  Merced :  Printed  at  the  San  Joaquin  Valley  Argus 
office,  1874.  69  pp.  8°. 

A  moral  novel  of  a  somewhat  sensational  character,  the  plot  being 
in  Sacramento,  and  the  characters  drawn  from  actual  life.  Other  early 
Californian  novels  by  Mrs.  Steele  were  "Victims  of  fate,"  "  Leonnie  St. 
James,"  and  "  Blue-eyed  Mary,"  besides  numerous  serial  stories. 

STEVENSON,  JONATHAN  DRAKE.  Memorial  and  petition 
of  Col.  J.  D.  Stevenson  of  California.  San  Francisco:  J.  R.  Brodie 
6?  co.,  steam  printers,  401  and  403  Sansome  street,  1886.  89  pp. 
(10  additional  pp.  in  middle  of  volume.)  Views.  Port.  8°. 

Addressed  to  the  Senate  and  House  for  the  purpose  of  causing  a  pen' 
sion  to  be  granted  for  services  rendered  in  the  Mexican  war.  This  work 
contains  some  valuable  documents  relating  to  the  formation  and  history 
of  the  regiment  known  as  Stevenson's  volunteers. 

STEVENSON,  ROBERT  LOUIS.  The  Silverado  squatters.  Bos- 
ton: Roberts  brothers,  1884.  287  pp.  Ills.  16°. 

The  first  edition  of  this  well'known  work  was  published  in  London 
in  1883. 

STEWART,  WILLIAM  FRANK.  Last  of  the  filibusters ;  or 
recollections  of  the  siege  of  Rivas.  Sacramento :  Henry  Ship- 
ley 6P  company,  State  Journal  steam  presses,  1857.  vi,  7-85 
pp.  8°. 

Originally  issued  in  pictorial  wrappers.  A  concise  statement  of  Walk- 
er's Nicaragua  expedition,  without  extenuation  or  prejudice,  in  which 
the  author  has  shown  that  if  Walker  was  wrong  in  his  premises  he 
was  honest  in  his  purposes. 

STILLMAN,  JACOB  DAVID  BABCOCK.  Seeking  the  golden 
fleece ;  a  record  of  pioneer  life  in  California :  to  which  is  an- 
nexed footprints  of  early  navigators,  other  than  Spanish  in 
California;  with  an  account  of  the  voyage  of  the  schooner 
Dolphin.  (With  plates.)  San  Francisco:  A.  Roman  5? co.  New 
York:  No.  n  Howard  St.,  1877.  352  pp.  Pis.  8°. 

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A  scholarly  work.  Some  of  the  hypotheses  of  the  author  have  not 
borne  well  the  light  of  more  modern  research,  but  the  merit  of  his 
work  is  stilled  retained.  The  "Dolphin"  was  a  pioneer  vessel  that  suf- 
fered  shipwreck  off  the  coast  of  Lower  California  in  1849. 

STIRLING,  PATRICK  JAMES.  The  Australian  and  Califor- 
nian  gold  discoveries,  and  their  probable  consequences ;  or,  an 
inquiry  into  the  laws  which  determine  the  value  and  distri- 
bution  of  the  precious  metals :  with  historical  notices  of  the 
effects  of  the  American  mines  on  European  prices  in  the  six- 
teenth, seventeenth,  and  eighteenth  centuries.  In  a  series  of 
letters.  Edinburgh:  Oliver  &  Boyd,  Tweeddale  Court,  1853. 
xiv,  13-279  pp.  Fold,  table.  12°. 

STOCKTON,  ROBERT  FIELD.  A  sketch  of  the  life  of  Com. 
Robert  F.  Stockton;  with  an  appendix  comprising  his  corre- 
spondence with  the  navy  department  respecting  his  conquest 
of  California ;  and  extracts  from  the  defence  of  Col.  J.  C.  Fre- 
mont, in  relation  to  the  same  subject;  together  with  his  speeches 
in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States,  and  his  political  letters. 
New  York:  Derby  6?  Jackson,  119  Nassau  St.,  1856.  210,  131 
pp.  Port.  8°. 

Stockton  was  provisional  governor  of  California  from  July,  1846,  to 
Jan.,  1847,  and  about  half  of  the  work  is  of  this  period. 

STODDARD,  CHARLES  WARREN.  In  the  footprints  of  the 
Padres.  San  Francisco:  A.M.  Robertson,  1902.  vii,  335  pp. 
Pis.  12°. 

First  edition,  recognizable  by  certain  printer's  errors,  corrected  in  later 
editions ;  e.  g.,  p.  87,  Josiah  Joyce,  subsequently  altered  to  Josiah  Royce. 

STODDARD,  CHARLES  WARREN.  Poems.  San  Francisco : 
A.  Roman  and  company,  [Edward  Bosqui  6?  co.,  printers], 
1867.  123  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

Rubricated  title.  The  first  printed  book  of  this  eminent  Californian 
writer.  The  five  illustrations  were  specially  drawn  and  engraved  by 
William  Keith,  afterward  of  celebrated  fame. 

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STONE,  ANDREW  LEETE.  The  finger  of  God.  A  sermon 
preached  in  the  First  Congregational  church,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  on  the  Sabbath  morning  after  the  great  earthquake  of 
October  2ist,  1868.  San  Francisco :  Published  by  request,  [Ba' 
con  and  company,  Excelsior  press],  1868.  18  pp.  8°. 

STOUT,  ARTHUR  B.  Chinese  immigration  and  the  physio- 
logical  causes  of  the  decay  of  a  nation.  San  Francisco :  Agnew 
6?  Deffebach,  printers,  corner  Sansome  6?  Merchant  streets, 
1862.  26  pp.  8°. 

The  author,  a  pioneer  physician,  devoted  much  time  and  attention  to 
the  Chinese  question  from  a  medical  point  of  view,  and  much  of  his 
testimony  upon  the  subject  will  be  found  in  the  Californian  legislative 
proceedings  of  investigation. 

STRATTON,  R.  B.  Life  among  the  Indians :  being  an  interest- 
ing narrative  of  the  captivity  of  the  Oatman  girls,  among  the 
Apache  and  Mojave  Indians.  Containing  also  an  interesting 
account  of  the  massacre  of  the  Oatman  family,  by  the  Apache 
Indians  in  1851;  the  narrow  escape  of  Lorenzo  D.  Oatman; 
the  capture  of  Olive  A.  and  Mary  A.  Oatman ;  the  death  by 
starvation  of  the  latter ;  the  five  years  suffering  and  captivity 
of  Olive  A.  Oatman;  also  her  singular  recapture  in  1856;  as 
given  by  Lorenzo  D.,  and  Olive  A.  Oatman,  the  only  surviv 
ing  members  of  the  family,  to  the  author.  San  Francisco:  Whit" 
ton,  Towne  &  co's  Excelsior  steam  power  presses,  151  Clay 
street,  1857.  iv>  I^3  PP-  Port-  Ills.  12°. 

First  edition,  and  excessively  rare.  The  second  edition  appeared  the 
same  year,  and  is  identical  in  text,  but  contains  231  pp.  Several  of  the 
illustrations  were  entirely  altered,  and  a  preface  to  the  second  edition 
and  a  woodcut  map  were  added.  Mr.  Stratton  was  a  clergyman  of  the 
Methodist  denomination,  and  his  work,  written  from  the  dictation  of 
the  two  survivors,  presents  in  a  graphic  manner  all  of  the  harrowing 
details  of  their  frightful  experiences. 

STUART,  JOSEPH  A.  My  roving  life.  A  diary  of  travels  and 
adventures  by  sea  and  land  during  peace  and  war.  Illustrated 

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by  photographs  of  original  sketches  and  of  places  visited.  Au- 
burn,  Gal.:  1895.  2  vols.  Port.  Map.  Ills.  8°.  Vol.  I,  2  1.  203 
pp.  II,  i  1.  229  pp. 

A  curious  work,  crudely  printed  and  illustrated.  The  first  volume 
consists  chiefly  of  "  Crossing  the  plains  in  '49  "  and  "  Mining  life." 

STURGIS,  WILLIAM.  The  Oregon  question.  Substance  of  a 
lecture  before  the  Mercantile  Library  association,  delivered 
January  22,  1845.  Boston:  Jordan,  Swift  &  Wiley,  no.  121 
Washington  street,  1845.  32  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

Interesting  work,  giving  considerable  geographical  history  of  the  dis' 
puted  territory. 

SULLIVAN,  G.  W.  Early  days  of  California.  The  growth  of 
the  commonwealth  under  American  rule,  with  biographical 
sketches  of  pioneers.  Volume  I.  San  Francisco:  Enterprise  pub' 
lishing  co.,  publishers,  1888.  230  pp.  Ports.  8°. 
All  published. 

SUTRO,  ADOLPH.  The  advantages  and  necessity  of  a  deep 
drain  tunnel,  for  the  great  Comstock  ledge.  San  Francisco: 
February,  1865.  30  pp.  8°. 

This  project  for  a  tunnel  is  compared  with  those  in  vogue  in  England, 
and  the  utility  of  the  scheme  is  strongly  maintained. 

SUTRO,  ADOLPH.  The  mineral  resources  of  the  United  States, 
and  the  importance  and  necessity  of  inaugurating  a  rational 
system  of  mining,  with  special  reference  to  the  Comstock  lode 
and  the  Sutro  tunnel  in  Nevada.  Baltimore :  John  Murphy  6P 
co.,  1868.  xiv,  (2),  13-232  pp.  Pis.  Maps.  Facs.  4°. 

SUTRO,  THEODORE.  The  Sutro  tunnel  company  and  the  Su- 
tro tunnel.  Property,  income,  prospects,  and  pending  litigation. 
Report  to  the  stockholders.  New  York:  July,  1887.  2  1.  198 
pp.  Fold.  map.  12°. 

Appears  to  have  been  privately  printed.  The  author  was  attorney 
and  counselor  for  the  company,  and  his  report  is  very  complete. 

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SUTRO  TUNNEL  COMPANY.  The  answer  of  the  Sutro  tun- 
nel company  to  the  complaint  of  divers  companies  working 
mines  on  the  Comstock  lode ;  to  which  is  attached  a  copy  of 
the  complaint,  exhibits,  and  an  appendix.  Washington  city: 
McGill  6?  Witherow,  printers  and  stereotypers,  1876.  68  pp. 
Pis.  8°. 

The  plates,  contained  on  19  pages,  completely  illustrate  the  scheme 
and  working  of  the  tunnel. 

SWAN,  JAMES  GILCHRIST.  The  northwest  coast;  or,  three 
years'  residence  in  Washington  territory.  With  numerous  il- 
lustrations. New  York :  Harper  6-P  brothers,  publishers,  Frank- 
lin square,  1857.  xv»  (*)»  !?'435  PP-  Pis.  Fold.  map.  Ills.  12°. 
This  valuable  work  is  still  widely  esteemed. 

SWASEY,  WILLIAM  F.  The  early  days  and  men  of  California, 
1891.  Oakland,  Cal. :  Pacific  Press  publishing  company.  San 
Francisco,  New  York,  and  London,  x,  9-406  pp.  Pis.  Port.  8°. 
Capt.  William  F.  Swasey  arrived  in  California  in  1845.  He  wrote 
easily,  and  his  work  forms  a  reliable  picture  of  the  men  and  events  of 
the  early  days,  more  especially  of  San  Francisco. 

SWETT,  JOHN.  History  of  the  public  school  system  of  Cali- 
fornia. San  Francisco:  A.  L.  Bancroft  and  company,  1876. 
246,  (i)  pp.  Pis.  8°. 

The  most  complete  work  upon  this  subject,  especially  regarding  its 
phases  of  legislation. 

SWIFT,  JOHN  FRANKLIN.  Robert  Greathouse.  An  Ameri- 
can novel.  New  York :  Carleton,  publisher,  Madison  square, 

MDCCCLXX.    VI,  7-573  pp.    12°. 

Entirely  Californian.  The  majority  of  the  characters  were  among  the 
most  prominent  of  San  Franciscan  society. 

TAYLOR,  ALEXANDER  S.  About  grasshoppers  and  locusts 
in  California  and  the  world.  San  Francisco:  Printed  at  the 
office  of  the  "California  Farmer,"  1858.  35  pp.  8°. 

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A  series  of  papers  which  appeared  originally  in  the  files  of  the 
"Farmer."  The  reprint  is  excessively  rare,  as  but  12  copies  were  issued. 
During  1857  many  sections  of  the  far  west  had  suffered  severely  from 
the  destructive  effects  of  these  migratory  insects. 

TAYLOR,  ALEXANDER  S.  Discovery  of  California  and  north- 
west America.  The  first  voyage  to  the  coasts  of  California ; 
made  in  the  years  1542,  and  1543,  by  Juan  Rodriguez  Cabrillo 
and  his  pilot  Bartolome  Ferrelo.  San  Francisco :  Published  by 
Le  Count  6?  Strong,  1853.  (i),  (i),  7-19  pp.  8°. 

Reprinted  from  the  San  Francisco  "  Herald,"  in  which  it  originally 
appeared  in  May,  1853. 

TAYLOR,  BAYARD.  Eldorado;  or,  adventures  in  the  path  of 
empire :  comprising  a  voyage  to  California,  via  Panama ;  life 
in  San  Francisco  and  Monterey ;  pictures  of  the  gold  region, 
and  experiences  of  Mexican  travel.  With  illustrations  by  the 
author.  In  two  volumes.  London :  Richard  Bentley,  New  Bur- 
lington street,  1850.  2  vols.  12°.  Vol.  I,  xii,  251  pp.  4  col.  pis. 
II,  (i),  247  pp.  4  col.  pis. 

Issued  also  in  New  York  the  same  year.  An  early  work  of  this  dis- 
tinguished traveler,  and  one  of  the  best  descriptions  of  Californian  life 
in  1849.  The  plates  are  views  of  San  Francisco,  Sacramento,  and  other 
localities,  and  include  an  attractive  print  of  Portsmouth  square.  In  some 
of  the  later  reprints  the  views  have  been  omitted. 

TAYLOR,  EDWARD  ROBESON,  [and  others].  Memorial  to 
the  Congress  of  the  United  States  against  the  confirmation  of 
the  Stratton  survey  of  the  pueblo  of  San  Francisco.  [  San  Fran- 
cisco: 1880.]  71  pp.  8°. 

In  1850  the  city  of  San  Francisco  had  been  officially  surveyed  by 
William  M.  Eddy.  The  map  of  this  survey,  prepared  and  published  in 
1851,  was  known  as  the  "red'line  map,"  and  for  many  years  constituted 
the  absolute  and  final  authority  upon  the  boundaries  of  the  city,  and 
especially  those  of  tide  and  overflowed  lands.  The  Stratton  survey, 
made  about  1878,  altered  or  abolished  completely  all  the  lines  of  the 
Eddy  map,  and  threatened  the  city  and  property-owners  with  a  costly 
litigation  that  would  have  been  both  extensive  and  serious. 

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TAYLOR,  MART.  The  gold  digger's  song  book,  containing  the 
most  humorous  and  sentimental  songs  composed  by  Mr.  Taylor, 
and  sung  by  his  original  company  with  unbounded  applause 
throughout  California.  Price  fifty  cents.  Marysville:  Marys' 
ville  Daily  Herald  print,  1856.  32  pp.  24°. 

Early  specimen  of  Marysville  book'printing.  Among  the  contents  are 
"Poor  diggings,"  "Old  forty-nine,"  "We  are  all  a  panning,"  and  "Pike 
county  miner." 

TAYLOR,  MART.  Local  lyrics  and  miscellaneous  poems.  San 
Francisco :  Published  by  Hutchings  6?  Rosenfield,  Montgom- 
ery street,  1858.  94,  (i)  pp.  16°. 

Contains  many  verses  entirely  local  in  character,  and  sung  at  the 
Lyceum  and  the  Melodeon  theatres  in  San  Francisco. 

TAYLOR,  WILLIAM.  California  life  illustrated.  By  William 
Taylor,  of  the  California  conference,  author  of  "  Seven  years' 
street  preaching  in  San  Francisco,"  and  "Address  to  Young 
America."  Sixteen  engravings.  New  York :  Published  for  the 
author  by  Carlton  6?  Porter,  200  Mulberry  street,  1858.  348 
pp.  Pis.  12°. 

The  author  came  to  California  in  1849.  Hig  work  is  devoted  chiefly 
to  missionary  experiences,  but  contains  much  local  history  of  the  period. 
The  plates  are  reproductions  of  those  in  the  "Annals  of  San  Francisco." 

TAYLOR,  WILLIAM.  Seven  years'  street  preaching  in  San 
Francisco,  California;  embracing  incidents,  triumphant  death 
scenes,  etc.  Edited  by  W.  P.  Strickland.  New  York:  Published 
for  the  author  by  Carlton  6?  Porter,  200  Mulberry  street, 
[1856].  394  pp.  Port.  12°. 

Despite  its  unpromising  title,  this  work  contains  numerous  lively  and 
graphic  descriptions  of  some  of  the  curious  phases  of  life  in  early  San 
Francisco.  The  work  passed  through  many  editions,  some  of  which  were 
embellished  with  six  plates  borrowed  from  "  California  life  illustrated." 

TEGOBORSKI,  LOUIS  DE.  Essai  sur  les  consequences  even- 
tuelles  de  la  decouverte  des  gites  auriferes  en  Californie  et  en 

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Australia.  Par  M.  L.  de  Tegoborski,  membre  du  conseil  de 
Tempire  de  Russie.  Paris :  Jules  Renouard  et  cie  libraires-edi' 
teurs,  rue  de  Tournion,  n.  6,  1853.  viii,  199,  (i)  pp.  8°. 

TERRY,  DAVID  SMITH.  Trial  of  David  S.  Terry  by  the  com- 
mittee of  vigilance,  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco :  R.  C.  Moore 
6P  co.,  printers,  Alta  California  newspaper  office,  1856.  75 
pp.  8°. 

This  unusual  trial  was  for  resisting  arrest  and  attempting  to  kill  Ster' 
ling  A.  Hopkins,  a  police  officer  of  the  committee,  and  for  other  breaches 
of  the  peace.  The  committee  convicted  him  of  some  of  the  charges, 
notably  that  of  attempted  murder ;  but  the  "  usual  punishments  in  their 
power  to  inflict,  not  being  applicable  in  the  present  instance,"  Judge 
Terry  was  discharged  from  custody  with  a  strong  recommendation  to 
resign  from  the  supreme  bench  of  California. 

THE  TEXAN  REVOLUTION.  Republished  with  additions 
from  the  Northampton  (Massachusetts)  Gazette,  to  which  is 
added  a  letter  from  Washington  on  tbe  annexation  of  Texas, 
and  the  late  outrage  in  California.  By  Probus.  [n.  p.:  1842.] 
84  pp.  8°. 

This  pamphlet  is  but  little  known.  The  Californian  portion  relates 
to  the  seizure  of  Monterey  by  Capt.  Thos.  Ap  Catesby  Jones. 

THAYER,  EMMA  HOMAN.  Wild  flowers  of  the  Pacific  coast 
from  original  water  color  sketches  drawn  from  nature.  New 
York :  Cassell  publishing  company,  104  and  106  Fourth  avenue, 
[1887].  64  pp.  24  col.  pis.  4°. 

A  series  of  beautifully  colored  plates,  with  popular  descriptive  text. 

THOMES,  WILLIAM  H.  On  land  and  sea,  or,  California  in  tbe 
years  1843,  '44  and  '45.  Illustrated  by  F.  Childe  Hassan.  Chi' 
cago:  Laird  &?  Lee,  publishers,  1892.  iv,  5^351.  Ills.  12°. 

Doubtless  partially  fictitious,  but  one  of  the  strongest  pictures  we 
have  inherited  of  the  last  days  of  old  Mexican  life  in  California. 

THOMPSON,  G.  A.  Handbook  to  the  Pacific  and  California,  de- 
scribing eight  different  routes,  by  sea,  Central  America,  Mexico, 

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and  the  territories  of  the  United  States,  particularly  with  ref- 
erence to  the  ports  frequented  by  steamers  of  the  Royal  Mail 
Steam  Packet  company.  Illustrated  with  a  map  of  the  eight 
routes.  London :  Simpkin  and  Marshall,  Stationer's  court,  1849. 
1 08  pp.  Map.  Port.  1 6°. 
The  portrait  is  of  Lord  Bexley,  a  member  of  the  Royal  Mail  company. 

THOMPSON,  ROBERT  A.  Conquest  of  California.  Capture 
of  Sonoma  by  Bear  Flag  men,  June  14,  1846.  Raising  of  the 
American  flag  in  Monterey  by  Commodore  John  D.  Sloat, 
July  7,  1846, .  .  .  historical  address  delivered  in  Sonoma,  June 
14,1896.  Price— twenty-five  cents.  Santa  Rosa :  Sonoma  Dem- 
ocrat publishing  company,  1896.  33  pp.  Pis.  Port.  8°. 

The  author,  a  well-known  journalist,  resided  for  many  years  in  Santa 
Rosa,  and  had  personal  acquaintance  with  a  number  of  the  survivors 
of  the  Bear  Flag  party.  With  apparent  authority  he  points  out  the  un- 
fairness of  Hubert  Howe  Bancroft  in  his  attitude  toward  these  men 
of  Sonoma. 

THOMPSON,  ROBERT  A.  The  Russian  settlement  in  Cali- 
fornia known  as  Fort  Ross.  Founded  1812,  abandoned  1841. 
Why  the  Russians  came  and  why  they  left.  Santa  Rosa :  So- 
noma Democrat  publishing  company,  1896.  34  pp.  Ills.  8°. 

This  constitutes  the  most  complete  account  of  this  phase  of  early 
settlement.  Unfortunately  the  work  is  disfigured  by  numerous  typo- 
graphical blunders. 

THOMSON,  MONROE.  The  golden  resources  of  California, 
containing  the  views  and  suggestions  of  a  practical  and  expe- 
rienced miner,  on  the  origin,  extent  and  importance  of  the 
placers  of  California.  New  York:  Livermore  5?  Rudd,  no.  310 
Broadway,  1856.  91  pp.  12°. 

Thomson  came  to  California  and  engaged  in  gold  mining  in  1849.  He 
states  that  he  was  more  of  a  practical  miner  than  a  scientific  geologist. 
A  number  of  his  deductions,  doubted  at  that  time,  have  been  borne  out 
in  the  subsequent  history  of  mining  in  this  state. 

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THORNTON,  DE  MOUNCIE.  De  la  Californie  et  des  cotes 

de  Tocean  Pacifique,  au  point  de  vue  de  la  production  de  Tor, 

du  commerce  et  de  Tagriculture.  Avec  carte.  A  Paris:  Au 

comptoir  des  Imprimeurs-unis,  1849.  7°»  d)  PP-  Fold.  map.  16°. 

The  author  styles  himself  "Ancien  marin." 

THORNTON,  HARRY  I.  Opinions  delivered  by  Harry  I. 
Thornton,  as  one  of  the  commissioners  of  the  board  to  ascer- 
tain and  settle  private  land  claims,  in  the  state  of  California, 
under  the  act  of  Congress  of  the  3d.  of  March,  1851.  San 
Francisco :  Printed  and  published  by  Francis  A.  Bonnard,  1853. 
114  pp.  8°. 

Includes  the  claims  of  Cruz;  Cervantes,  Juan  B.  R.  Cooper,  Stephen 
Smith,  and  Archibald  A.  Ritchie. 

THORNTON,  J.  QUINN.  Oregon  and  California  in  1848.  With 
an  appendix,  including  recent  and  authentic  information  on 
the  subject  of  the  gold  mines  of  California,  and  other  valuable 
matter  of  interest  to  the  emigrant,  etc.  With  illustrations  and 
a  map.  In  two  volumes.  New  York :  Harper  6?  brothers,  pub' 
lishers,  82  Cliff  street,  1849.  2  v°ls-  I2°-  Vol.  I,  x,  13-393.  Fold, 
map.  6  ills.  II,  ix,  (i),  13-379.  6  ills. 

Thornton  arrived  in  Oregon  in  1846,  and  soon  after  became  judge  of 
its  supreme  court.  His  work  is  one  of  the  best  authorities  of  the  period, 
and  the  account  he  has  given  of  the  ill'fated  Dormer  party  is  perhaps 
the  most  valuable  in  print. 

TIKHMENEF,  P.  [In  Russian.]  History  of  the  American  Rus- 
sian company.  St.  Petersburg:  1861-63.  2  vols.  8°.  Vol.  I,  v, 
ii,  386,  66  pp.  II,  ii,  388,  (i),  292,  x  pp.  PL  3  fold.  maps.  3 
ports. 

Presents  many  valuable  details  relating  to  the  Russian  colony  in  Cal- 
ifornia.  The  portraits  are  of  TehilikoiF,  Baranof,  and  Resanof ;  that  of 
the  latter  being  of  romantic  interest  as  the  officer  who  was  both  gal- 
lantly and  tragically  identified  with  the  charming  story  of  the  love  of 
Concepcion  Argtiello,  in  1806. 

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TINKHAM,  GEORGE  H.  A  history  of  Stockton  from  its  or- 
ganisation up  to  the  present  time  including  a  sketch  of  San 
Joaquin  county,  comprising  a  history  of  the  government,  poli- 
tics, state  of  society,  .  .  .  and  miscellaneous  events  within  the 
past  thirty  years.  Illustrated  with  portraits  and  familiar  wood- 
cuts. San  Francisco:  W.  M.  Hinton  6?  co.,  printers,  536  Clay 
street,  1880.  xvi,  397  pp.  6  pis.  8°. 

The  best  history  of  Stockton  that  has  yet  appeared.  Among  the 
plates  is  a  photographic  portrait  of  Charles  M.  Weber,  the  founder  of 
the  city. 

TORRUBIA,  F.  GIUSEPPE.  I  Moscoviti  nella  California  o  sia 
dimonstrasione  della  verita  del  passo  air  America  septentrio- 
nale  nuovamente  scoperto  dai  Russi,  e  di  quello  anticamente 
practicato  dalli  popolatori,  che  vi  transmigrarono  dalT  Asia. 
Dissertazione  storico-geografica  del  Padre  F.  Giuseppe  Torru- 
bia  minore  offervante  di  S.  Francesco,  cronologo  di  tutto  T  or- 
dine,  e  commisario  general  della  Croix  Oltramontana.  In  Roma : 
Per  generoso  Salmoni.  Con  lie.  de'  sup.,  MDCCLIX.  6  1.  13-83 
pp.  12°. 

This  little  work  demonstrates  that  California  was  long  known  to  the 
Russians.  Copies  are  excessively  rare.  In  the  Barlow  catalogue,  in  1889, 
Henry  Harisse  stated  that  but  one  copy  was  known.  Two  are  now 
known  to  exist  in  California. 

TOWNSEND,  JOHN  K.  Narrative  of  a  journey  across  the 
Rocky  mountains,  to  the  Columbia  river,  and  a  visit  to  the 
Sandwich  islands,  Chili,  &Pc.,  with  a  scientific  appendix.  Phila- 
delphia: Henry  Perkins,  134  Chestnut  street,  1839.  vmr,  9X35^ 
pp.  8°. 

Reprinted  in  two  volumes  in  London  the  following  year,  under  the 
title  "  Sporting  excursions  in  the  Rocky  mountains." 

TRANSLATION  AND  DIGEST  of  such  portions  of  the  Mex- 
ican laws  of  March  20th  and  May  23d,  1837,  as  are  supposed 
to  be  still  in  force  and  adapted  to  the  present  condition  of 

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California :  with  an  introduction  and  notes,  by  J.  Halleck,  at' 
torney  at  law,  and  W.  E.  P.  Hartnell,  government  translator. 
San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the  office  of  the  Alta  California, 
1849.  26  pp.  8°. 

According  to  a  printed  note  on  the  reverse  of  the  title,  "  300  copies 
were  printed  and  ordered  paid  for  out  of  the  civil  fund.  Exec.  dept.  of 
Cal.  B.  Riley,  Monterey,  July  2, 1849."  The  volume  is  in  two  parts :  — 
I.  Political  law  of  Mar.  20, 1837.  H-  Judicial  law  of  May  23, 1837.  The 
name  J.  Halleck  is  an  error.  It  is  properly  Henry  Wager  Halleck,  at 
that  time  secretary  of  state  of  California.  This  work  is  but  little  known 
and  of  much  rarity. 

TRASK,  JOHN  B.  A  register  of  earthquakes  in  California  from 
1800  to  1863.  From  the  Proceedings  of  the  California  Acad' 
emy  of  Natural  Sciences,  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco :  Towne 
6?  Bacon,  book  and  job  printers,  1864.  26  pp.  8°. 

A  careful  record  compiled  by  an  early  local  investigator  who  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Academy. 

TRENY,  M.  La  Californie  devoilee  ou  verites  irrecusables  ap' 
puyees  sur  de  nombreux  temoinages  sur  cette  partie  du  globe. 
Troisieme  edition.  Paris:  Chez;  tous  les  libraires,  1850.  60  pp. 
Ills.  8°. 

Published  in  the  interests  of  a  Californian  mining  company  organized 
in  Paris. 

A  TRUE  AND  MINUTE  HISTORY  OF  THE  ASSASSI- 
NATION OF  JAMES  KING  OF  WM.  at  San  Francisco, 
Cal.  Also  remarks  of  the  press  concerning  the  outrage ;  an 
account  of  the  formation  and  action  of  the  Vigilance  commit' 
tee;  meetings  and  resolutions  of  the  citizens  of  Sacramento, 
Marysville  and  Stockton ;  funeral  ceremonies  of  Mr.  King,  with 
the  addresses  of  Rev.  Messrs.  Cutler  and  Lacy  over  the  body ; 
and  the  execution  of  Casey  and  Cora.  Compiled  from  various 
sources.  San  Francisco :  Whitton,  Towne  &  co.,  printers,  Ex' 

232 


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celsior  book  and  job  office,  151  Clay  street,  near  Montgomery, 
1856.  26  pp.  8°. 

Cover'title.  A  concise  contemporary  account,  compiled  chiefly  from 
the  daily  issues  of  the  press. 

[TRUESDELL,  AMELIA.]  A  California  pilgrimage  by  one  of 
the  pilgrims.  San  Francisco :  Samuel  Carson  6?  co.,  publishers, 
1884.  125  pp.  PL  12°. 

A  poetical  visit  to  the  old  mission  shrines.  The  author  in  a  charming 
manner  has  brought  together  many  of  the  almost  forgotten  legends  of 
the  mission  days  of  California.  A  second  edition  was  issued  the  same 
year. 

TRUMAN,  BENJAMIN  CUMMINGS.  The  field  of  honor: 
being  a  complete  and  comprehensive  history  of  duelling  in  all 
countries ;  including  .  .  .  specific  descriptions  of  all  the  noted 
hostile  meetings  in  Europe  and  America.  New  York :  Fords, 
Howard  6?  Hulbert,  1884.  599  pp.  12°. 

Among  these  are  accounts  of  many  famous  early  Californian  en' 
counters. 

TRUMAN,  BENJAMIN  CUMMINGS.  Life,  adventures  and 
capture  of  Tiburcio  Vasques,  the  great  California  bandit  and 
murderer.  [Los  Angeles]:  Printed  at  Los  Angeles  Star  office, 
1874.  44  pp.  Diag.  8°. 

A  complete  account  of  the  pursuit  and  capture  of  this  infamous  char' 
acter,  with  his  reported  confession.  This  pamphlet  has  become  very  rare. 

TRUMAN,  BENJAMIN  CUMMINGS.  Occidental  sketches. 
San  Francisco :  San  Francisco  news  company,  publishers,  1881. 
212  pp.  16°. 

A  series  of  twelve  sketches  drawn  in  the  warm  colors  of  old  Califor' 
nia.  Perhaps  the  best  known  are  "Divorced  on  the  desert"  and  "The 
Wickenburg  massacre."" 

TUCKER,  EPHRAIM  W.  A  history  of  Oregon,  containing  a 
condensed  account  of  the  most  important  voyages  and  discov 
eries  of  the  Spanish,  American,  and  English  navigators  on  the 


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northwest  coast  of  America;  and  of  the  different  treaties  rela' 
tive  to  the  same ;  exhibiting  the  grounds  of  the  claims  of  the 
United  States  to  that  territory.  Also,  a  sketch  of  the  opera' 
tions  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  company,  6?c.  Buffalo :  Printed  by 
A.  W.  Wilgus,  1844.  viii,  9-84  pp.  12°. 

One  of  the  earliest  discussions  of  the  Oregon  boundary  line. 

TUCKER,  J.  C.  To  the  golden  goal  and  other  sketches.  San 
Francisco:  William  Doxey,  631  Market  street,  1895.  303  pp. 
Port.  Ills.  12°. 

The  author,  a  surgeon,  arrived  on  the  ship  "  Tarolinta,"  July  6, 1849. 
Among  his  very  charming  sketches  are  "  The  golden  goal,"  "  The  days 
of  gold,"  "Searching  for  Gold  lake,"  and  "With  Walker." 

TULLIDGE,  EDWARD  W.  Life  of  Brigham  Young;  or,  Utah 
and  her  founders.  New  York:  1876.  4,  458,  8  pp.  8°. 
An  important  biography  of  this  remarkable  character. 

TUTHILL,  FRANKLIN.  The  history  of  California.  San  Fran- 
cisco: H.  H.  Bancroft  6?  company,  1866.  xvi,  657  pp.  8°. 

A  scholarly  work  written  in  readable  style.  The  lapse  of  time  has 
not  impaired  its  general  usefulness. 

TWISS,  TRAVERS.  The  Oregon  question  examined,  in  respect 
to  facts  and  the  law  of  nations.  London :  Longman,  Brown, 
Green,  and  Longmans,  Paternoster  Row,  1846.  ix,  (i),  391  pp. 
2  fold.  maps.  8°. 

A  masterly  argument  in  support  of  the  British  claims  to  Oregon,  and 
written  to  refute  Greenhow.  This  work  without  alteration  was  re- 
printed at  New  York  the  same  year,  but  issued  in  smaller  size  and  form. 

TYLER,  DANIEL.  A  concise  history  of  the  Mormon  battalion 
in  the  Mexican  war,  1846-1847.  By  Sergeant  Daniel  Tyler, 
1881.  [Salt  Lake  city]:  1881.  viii,  9-376  pp.  8°. 

The  battalion,  about  500  strong,  was  organized  at  Council  Bluffs  in 
July,  1846,  Col.  Allen  in  command.  After  a  tedious  march,  attended  by 
many  hardships,  they  reached  San  Diego  in  January,  1847,  where  they 
were  mustered  out. 


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TYSON,  JAMES  L.  Diary  of  a  physician  in  California;  being 
the  results  of  actual  experience,  including  notes  of  the  journey 
by  land  and  water,  and  observations  on  the  climate,  soil,  re' 
sources  of  the  country,  etc.  New  York :  D.  Appleton  6?  com' 
pany,  200  Broadway,  1850.  92  pp.  8°. 

This  work  has  a  greater  originality  than  the  majority  of  similar  nar- 
ratives  written  by  the  adventurers  of  that  time. 

TYSON,  PHILIP  T.  Geology  and  industrial  resources  of  Califor- 
nia, with  the  official  reports  of  Genls.  Smith  and  Riley,  includ' 
ing  the  reports  of  Lieuts.  Talbot,  Ord,  Derby  and  Williamson, 
of  their  explorations  in  California  and  Oregon.  Baltimore: 
1851.  25,  127  pp.  ii  fold.  maps.  8°. 

Issued  originally  as  a  government  document  in  1850.  A  volume  of 
much  importance. 

UDELL,  JOHN.  Incidents  of  travel  to  California  across  the  great 
plains ;  together  with  the  return  trips  through  Central  Amer- 
ica  and  Jamaica,  to  which  are  added  sketches  of  the  author's 
trip.  Jefferson,  Ohio :  Printed  for  the  ^author  at  the  Sentinel 
office,  1856.  viii,  9-302  pp.  i  1.  Port.  12°. 

A  rare  but  nearly  valueless  work.  Pp.  1-113  relate  to  California. 
Toward  the  close  of  his  literary  labor,  inspired  by  lofty  patriotism,  the 
author  has  expanded  his  work  by  reprinting  the  constitution  of  the 
United  States. 

UPHAM,  SAMUEL  C.  Notes  of  a  voyage  to  California  via 
Cape  Horn,  together  with  scenes  in  El  Dorado,  in  the  years 
1 849-' 50.  With  an  appendix  containing  reminiscences  of  pio- 
neer journalism  in  California  .  .  .  extracts  from  the  manuscript 
journal  of  the  "King's  orphan,"  in  the  year  1842  .  .  .  together 
with  the  articles  of  association  and  roll  of  members  of  "  the 
Associated  Pioneers  of  the  territorial  days  of  California."  With 
forty-five  illustrations.  Philadelphia :  Published  by  the  author, 
1878.  xxii,  23-594  pp.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 


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The  author  was  a  pioneer  journalist,  having  been  connected  with  the 
"Pacific  News"  in  San  Francisco,  in  1849,  and  with  the  "Sacramento 
Transcript,"  in  1850.  There  is  much  contained  in  this  interesting  work 
that  is  not  to  be  found  in  any  other  source,  more  especially  regarding 
the  early  history  of  Sacramento,  the  history  of  the  Territorial  pioneers, 
and  pioneer  journalism  in  California. 

THE  VALLEY  ROAD.  (Illustrated.)  A  history  of  the  Traffic 
association  of  California ;  the  League  of  progress ;  the  North 
American  navigation  company ;  the  Merchants'  shipping  asso- 
ciation;  and  the  San  Francisco  and  San  Joaquin  Valley  railway. 
With  portraits  of  representative  men  that  advocate  Califor- 
nia's progress  and  industrial  supremacy.  San  Francisco:  Issued 
by  the  Wheeler  publishing  co.,  22  Clay  street,  1896.  224  pp. 
Pis.  Maps.  Ports.  8°. 

VANCOUVER,  GEORGE.  A  voyage  of  discovery  to  the  north 
Pacific  ocean,  and  round  the  world;  in  which  the  coast  of  north' 
west  America  has  been  carefully  examined  and  accurately  sur- 
veyed. Undertaken  by  his  Majesty's  command,  principally  with 
a  view  to  ascertain  the  existence  of  any  navigable  communi- 
cation between  the  north  Pacific  and  north  Atlantic  oceans ; 
and  performed  in  the  years  1790,  1791,  1792,  1793,  1794,  and 
1795,  in  the  Discovery  sloop  of  war,  and  armed  tender  Chat- 
ham. London :  Printed  for  G.  G.,  and  J.  Robinson,  Paternoster 
Row;  and  J.  Edwards,  Pall  Mall,  1798.  3  vols.  Pis.  Maps.  4°. 
Atlas.  Pis.  Maps.  F°.  Vol.  I,  xxix  pp.  4  1.  432  pp.  II,  3  1.  504 
pp.  Ill,  3  1.  505,  3  pp. 

Vancouver's  explorations  on  the  northwest  coast  included  Port  San 
Francisco,  New  Albion,  Nootka  sound,  and  the  straits  of  Fuca,  all  of 
which  are  described  geographically  and  historically.  The  work  is  su- 
perior to  any  of  its  kind,  and  constitutes  the  chiefest  source  of  authority 
of  that  period. 

VAN  DYKE,  THEODORE  S.  Southern  California:  its  valleys, 
hills,  and  streams;  its  animals,  birds,  and  fishes;  its  gardens, 

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farms,  and  climate.  New  York:  Fords,  Howard,  &  Hulbert, 
1886.  xii,  1 3-233.  12°. 

These  dissertations  are  yet  among  the  best  of  Californian  nature 
studies. 

VEATCH,  JOHN  A.  Report  of  Dr.  John  A.  Veatch  to  the 
Borax  company  of  California.  San  Francisco :  Whitton,Towne 
&  co's  Excelsior  steam  presses,  151  Clay  street,  below  Mont- 
gomery, 1857.  1 6  pp.  8°. 

Dr.  Veatch  asserted  that  he  was  the  first  to  discover  borax  in  Cali' 
fornia.  This  is  the  earliest  report  upon  the  subject. 

VENEGAS,  MIGUEL.  El  Apostol  Mariano  representado  en  la 
vida  del  V.  P.  Juan  Maria  de  Salvatierra,  de  la  Compania  de 
Jesus,  ferveroso  missionero  en  la  provincia  de  Nueva-Espafia 
y  conquistador  apostolico  de  las  California^.  Escrita  difusa,  y 
eruditamente  por  el  P.  Miguel  Venegas,  professo  de  quatro  votos 
de  la  misma  compania,  y  reducida  &  breve  compendio  por  el 
P.  Juan  Antonio  de  Oviedo,  rector  del  Colegio  de  San  Andres 
de  Mexico,  y  calificador  del  santo  oficio.  Quien  la  dedica  a 
Maria  Santissima  Madre  de  Dios,  Reyna  de  todos  los  santos, 
Sefiora  de  los  exercitos,  y  Conquistadora  de  nuevos  reynos  en 
su  Sagrada  Imagen  de  Loreto.  Con  licencia  en  Mexico :  En  la 
imprenta  de  Dona  Maria  de  Ribera,  impressora  del  nuevo 
Resado.  Afio  de  1754.  5  1.  316  pp.  3  1.  4°. 

Padre  Salvatierra  was  the  founder,  in  1697,  °f  the  first  mission  in 
Lower  California.  He  was  eminently  qualified  for  the  missionary  field, 
and  his  labors  were  attended  with  unusual  success.  He  died  in  Mexico, 
in  1717,  at  the  age  of  69  years. 

VENEGAS,  MIGUEL.  A  natural  and  civil  history  of  Califor- 
nia: containing  an  accurate  description  of  that  country,  its 
soil,  mountains,  harbours,  lakes,  rivers,  and  seas ;  its  animals, 
vegetables,  minerals,  and  famous  fishery  for  pearls.  The  customs 
of  the  inhabitants,  their  religion,  government,  and  manner  of 


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living,  before  their  conversion  to  the  Christian  religion  by  the 
missionary  Jesuits.  Together  with  accounts  of  the  several  voy- 
ages and  attempts  made  for  settling  California,  and  taking 
actual  surveys  of  that  country  and  the  adjacent  seas.  Trans- 
lated from  the  original  Spanish  of  Miguel  Venegas,  a  Mexican 
Jesuit,  published  in  Madrid,  1758.  In  two  volumes.  London: 
Printed  for  James  Rivington  and  James  Fletcher,  at  the  Ox- 
ford theatre,  in  Pater-Noster  Row,  1759.  2  vols.  4  pis.  Map. 
8°.  Vol.  I,  9  1.  455  pp.  2  pis.  Fold.  map.  II,  3  1.  387  pp.  2  pis. 

The  plates  in  vol.  I  are :  Women  and  men  of  California ;  and,  The 
coyote  or  fox,  and  the  taye  or  California  deer.  Those  of  vol.  II  are : 
The  manner  of  curing  the  sick,  and  sorcerers  of  California ;  and,  The 
martyrdom  of  Fathers  Carranco  and  Tamaral.  These  four  plates  appear 
to  have  been  issued  with  but  a  few  copies  of  the  work,  as  two  is  the 
number  usually  found. 

VENEGAS,  MIGUEL.  Noticia  de  la  California,  y  de  su  con- 
quista  temporal,  y  espiritual,  hasta  el  tiempo  presente.  Sacada 
de  la  historia  manuscrita,  formada  en  Mexico  ano  de  1739,  por 
el  Padre  Miguel  Venegas,  de  la  Compania  de  Jesus;  y  de  otras 
noticias,  y  relaciones  antiguas,  y  modernas.  Anadida  de  algunos 
mapas  particulares,  y  uno  general  de  la  America  septentrional, 
Assia  oriental,  y  mar  del  sur  intermedio,  formados  sobre  las 
memorias  mas  recientes,  y  exactas,  que  se  publican  juntamente. 
Dedicada  al  Rey  N.tro  Senor  por  la  provincia  de  Nueva-Espana, 
de  la  Compania  de  Jesus.  Con  licencia.  En  Madrid :  En  la  im- 
prenta  de  la  viuda  de  Manuel  Fernandez,  y  del  supremo  consejo 
de  la  Inquisicion.  Ano  de  M.  D.  CCLVII.  3  vols.  4  fold.  maps.  4°. 
Vol.  1, 1 1  1.  240  pp.  Fold.  map.  II,  3  1.  564  pp.  Ill,  3  1.  436  pp. 
3  fold.  maps. 

Map  one  contains  a  border  of  ten  vignettes,  within  which  is  a  map 
of  California.  The  vignettes  show  inhabitants  and  animals  of  the  coun- 
try, and  the  martyrdoms  of  Padres  Carranco  and  Tamaral.  The  second 
is  a  map  of  the  lands  adjacent  to  the  upper  part  of  the  Gulf  of  Cali- 
fornia, 1747,  after  the  Jesuit  missionary  Consag.  The  third  is  of  the 

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South  sea  or  Pacific  ocean  between  the  Equator  and  39°  30'  north  lati' 
tude.  This  has  been  copied  from  Anson,  by  Joseph  Gonzalez.  The  fourth 
is  a  general  map  of  the  north  Pacific  ocean,  showing  Asia  and  America, 
and  engraved  by  Manuel  Rodriguez,  1756.  This  work  is  considered  the 
foundation  of  a  library  of  Californiana.  The  maps  have  historical  value 
and  represent  surveys  made  down  to  1754,  although  the  MS.  of  the 
work  itself  was  written  in  1739.  The  text  was  supplemented  by  fresh 
information,  sent  home  from  the  missions  for  that  purpose,  so  that  the 
matter  is  brought  fully  down  to  the  date  of  publication.  The  work  was 
edited  by  Padre  Andres  Marcos  Burriel,  although  his  name  does  not 
appear.  He  was  an  editor  of  intelligence  and  ability,  and  one  of  the 
three  volumes  is  devoted  to  geography  and  explorations  of  the  far  north. 
Other  than  Cabrera,  Burriel  was  the  first  writer  whose  sound  sense 
allowed  him  to  reject  the  apocryphal  voyages  as  unworthy  of  credit, 
to  restrict  northern  geography  to  actual  discoveries,  and  to  correctly 
define  in  print  the  peninsula  and  the  regions  of  the  Colorado  and  Gila 
as  far  as  known.  This  work  of  Venegas  has  been  translated  into  Eng' 
lish,  Dutch,  French,  and  German.  The  translation  into  English  has  been 
a  popular  edition,  but,  it  is  stated,  is  faulty,  and  a  considerable  portion 
has  been  omitted. 

[VERBIEST,  PERE.]  Voyages  de  TEmpereur  de  la  Chine  dans 
la  Tartarie,  ausquels  on  a  joint  une  nouvelle  decouverte  au 
Mexique.  A  Paris :  Chez;  Estienne  Michallet,  rue  S.  Jacques,  a 
Fimage  S.  Paul,  MDCLXXXV.  Avec  approbation.  3  1.  no  pp.  16°. 
"Nouvelle  descente  des  espagnols  dans  Tisle  de  Calif ornie  Tan  1683," 
pp.  79'iio. 

VERITAS,  [PSEUD.].  Examination  of  the  Russian  grant  from 
A.  Rotcheff  to  Capt.  John  A.  Sutter,  in  1841.  Sacramento: 
H.  S.  Crocker  6?  co.,  book  and  trade  printers,  1860.  20  pp.  8°. 
A  very  valuable  history  of  the  occupation  and  acts  of  the  Russians 
in  California.  The  claim  was  declared  invalid.  Spain  had  never  ceded 
any  land  to  Russia  during  the  occupation  of  the  latter,  and  in  conse" 
quence  no  Russian  official  could  make  a  grant  or  confer  a  title. 

VICTOR,  FRANCES  FULLER.  The  river  of  the  west.  Life  and 
adventure  in  the  Rocky  mountains  and  Oregon;  embracing 
events  in  the  life'time  of  a  mountain'man  and  pioneer :  with 


the  early  history  of  the  north-western  slope,  including  an  ac' 
count  of  the  fur  traders,  the  Indian  tribes,  the  overland  immi' 
gration,  the  Oregon  missions,  and  the  tragic  fate  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Whitman  and  family.  Also,  a  description  of  the  country,  [etc.]. 
With  numerous  engravings.  Published  by  subscription  only. 
Hartford,  Conn.:  Columbian  book  company,  [etc.],  1870.  xxii, 
23'6o2  pp.  13  pis.  Ills.  8°. 

Mrs.  Victor  possessed  those  abilities  essential  to  the  historian,  and 
this  work  has  assumed  permanent  value. 

VILLASENOR,  ALEJANDRO.  Reclamaciones  a  Mejico  por 
16s  fondos  de  Californias.  Articulos  publicados  en  El  Tiempo 
por  el,  etc.  Mejico:  Tipografia  de  "El Tiempo."  Cerca  de  Sto. 
Domingo  4,  1902.  272  pp.  12°. 
Relates  to  the  Pious  fund. 

VILLAVICENCIO,  JUAN  JOSEPH  DE.  Vida,  y  virtudes  de 
el  Venerable  y  apostolico  Padre  Juan  de  Ugarte  de  la  Com' 
pania  de  Jesus,  missionero  de  las  islas  Californias,  y  uno  de  sus 
primeros  conquistadores.  Escrita  por  el  P.  Juan  Joseph  de  Villa' 
vicencio  de  la  misma  compafiia,  quien  la  dedica  a  el  grande,  y 
admirable  apostol  de  el  oriente  San  Francisco  Xavier.  Impressa, 
con  las  licencias  necessarias,  en  Mexico,  en  la  imprenta  real, 
y  mas  antiguo  Colegio  de  San  Ildefonso.  Ano  de  1752.  5  1. 
214  pp.  i  1.  4°. 

Ugarte  resided  in  California  from  1700  to  1730.  One  of  his  great 
labors  was  the  exploration  of  the  Gulf  of  California  to  its  northernmost 
extent.  He  was  known  as  the  "  Father  of  the  Indians." 

VISCHER,  EDWARD.  Sketches  of  the  Washoe  mining  region. 
Photographs,  reduced  from  originals.  San  Francisco :  Valentine 
6?  co.,  Commercial  steam  printing  office,  1862.  24  pp.  Photos. 
Sm.  f°. 

The  text  is  descriptive  of  the  plates,  which  are  25  in  number,  repre- 
senting views  of  cities,  natural  scenery,  and  mining  life.  These,  with  a 
large  view  and  a  panoramic  map  of  Washoe,  are  mounted  on  five  cards, 

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which  with  the  text  form  the  complete  work.  Edward  Vischer  came 
to  California  in  1842.  As  an  artist  he  was  noted  for  the  fidelity  and 
delicacy  of  finish  of  his  work. 

VISCHER,  EDWARD.  Vischer  s  pictorial  of  California.  Land- 
scape, trees  and  forest  scenes.  Grand  features  of  California 
scenery,  life,  traffic  and  customs.  San  Francisco,  April,  1870. 
[San  Francisco]:  Printed  by  Joseph  Winterburn  6?  company, 
no.  417  Clay  street,  between  Sansome  and  Battery  streets, 
[1870].  2  vols.  [Vol.  I],  175  photos.  F°.  [II],  4  1.  132,  iii  pp. 
60  photos,  on  6  sheets,  usually  in  pocket  at  end  of  volume. 

These  superb  drawings  were  made  by  this  talented  artist  between 
1858  and  1867.  The  photographic  reproductions  form  the  contents  of 
the  first  volume,  comprising  60  landscape  views,  30  of  trees  and  forest 
scenes,  15-  of  old  missions,  25  of  farming  and  rural  scenes,  15  of  mining 
subjects,  the  remainder  being  of  subjects  of  a  miscellaneous  character. 
Of  especial  interest  are  the  drawings  of  the  missions,  which  the  artist 
made  before  these  famous  institutions  were  greatly  overtaken  by  the 
earlier  period  of  decay  or  the  later  process  of  restoration.  The  descriptive 
text  is  contained  in  the  second  volume.  These  two  volumes  properly 
form  a  set,  although  they  were  not  so  numbered  when  issued.  The 
photographs  accompanying  the  second  volume  are  in  miniature,  and  the 
artist  intended  them  for  the  use  of  his  friends  who  were  abroad  or  at  a 
distance  where  the  folio  volume  could  not  readily  be  sent.  Variations 
occur  in  the  issues,  as  a  copy  of  the  second  volume  has  been  seen  con' 
taining  146  miniature  scenes,  mounted  on  8  sheets.  Other  copies  contain 
a  poem  on  California,  of  3  pp.,  printed  entirely  in  gold.  All  of  these 
volumes  are  rare. 

VISCHER,  EDWARD.  Vischer  s  views  of  California.  The  mam- 
moth tree  grove,  Calaveras  county,  California,  and  its  avenues, 
consisting  of  title  page  and  12  plates  with  25  engravings.  San 
Francisco:  Drawn  and  published  by  Edward  Vischer,  no.  515 
Jackson  street,  above  Montgomery,  1862.  Title  and  views,  13 
sheets ;  descriptive  matter,  i  p.  F°. 

Reproductions  of  pencil'drawing  by  this  famous  early  Californian 
artist.  Plate  ix  shows  the  mammoth  grove  and  general  view,  from  a 

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sketch  taken  in  1861,  on  the  occasion  of  the  first  imported  Bactrian 
camels  crossing  the  Sierra  Nevada  by  the  Big  Tree  route. 

WADDINGTON,  ALFRED.  The  Fraser  mines  vindicated,  or 
the  history  of  four  months.  Price,  fifty  cents.  Victoria :  Printed 
by  P.  de  Garro,  Wharf  street,  1858.  49,  (i)  pp.  8°. 

The  second  book  to  be  printed  in  Vancouver  island.  Among  the  con' 
tents  is  an  account  of  the  attempt  by  John  Nugent,  editor  of  the  San 
Francisco  "Herald,"  to  seize  Victoria  in  the  name  of  the  United  States. 

WAGSTAFF,  A.  E.  Life  of  David  S.  Terry,  presenting  an  au' 
thentic,  impartial  and  vivid  history  of  his  eventful  life  and 
tragic  death.  San  Francisco :  Continental  publishing  company, 
1892.  xvi,  15^526  pp.  Pis.  Port.  8°. 

Somewhat  uneven,  but  the  most  complete  biography  of  this  noted 
man  that  has  yet  appeared.  The  uncertain  temper  of  Judge  Terry  was 
his  misfortune  and  accomplished  his  undoing.  He  was  able,  generous, 
chivalric,  loyal,  and  even  honest,  but  he  outlived  his  time  thirty  years. 
Instead  of  Broderick,  had  Terry  fallen  upon  the  dueling  field  that  fatal 
morning  in  1859, tne  opinion  of  the  world  respecting  him  would  have 
been  greatly  different,  and  he  would  not  have  lived  those  succeeding 
stormy  and  turbulent  years  to  be  so  wantonly  sacrificed  at  the  end. 

WAKEMAN,  EDGAR.  The  log  of  an  ancient  mariner,  being 
the  hfe  and  adventures  of  Captain  Edgar  Wakeman.  Written 
by  himself,  and  edited  by  his  daughter.  San  Francisco :  A.  L. 
Bancroft  6?  co.,  printers,  721  Market  street,  1878.  378  pp. 
Port.  Ills.  8°. 

"A  series  of  yarns  with  occasional  humorous  passages,  spun  by  a 
blunt  and  somewhat  conceited  yet  good-natured  sailor  in  connection 
with  his  cruises  chiefly  along  this  coast,  to  which  he  belongs  since 
1849."  There  is  a  persistent  tendency  to  doubt  his  narrative  at  times. 

WALKER,  ELKANAH,  and  EELLS,  GUSHING.  Etshut  thlu 
sitskai  thlu  siais  thlu  Sitskaisitlinish.  Lapwai:  1842.  16  pp.  16°. 
The  alphabet,  spelling  and  reading  lessons  in  the  Spokan  dialect.  These 
missionary  clergymen  arrived  at  Walla  Walla,  Oregon,  in  1838.  This 
little  work,  translated  by  them,  was  issued  at  Lapwai  (now  in  Idaho), 
and  is  the  only  book  printed  in  the  Spokan  language.  It  is  not,  as  was 

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long  considered,  the  first  book  printed  on  the  Pacific  coast,  but  without 
doubt  it  is  the  earliest  specimen  of  printing  in  the  old  Oregon  territory. 

WALLACE,  JOSEPH.  Sketch  of  the  life  and  public  services  of 
Edward  D.  Baker,  United  States  Senator  from  Oregon.  Spring- 
field, 111. :  1870.  144  pp.  Port.  12°. 

Traditions  of  the  public  services  of  this  eminent  soldier,  lawyer,  and 
orator  are  cherished  by  Illinois,  California,  and  Oregon. 

WALPOLE,  FREDERICK.  Four  years  in  the  Pacific,  in  her 
Majesty's  ship  "  Collingwood,"  from  1844  to  1848.  By  Lieut, 
the  Hon.  Fred.  Walpole,  R.  N.  In  two  volumes.  London:  Rich' 
ard  Bentley,  publisher  in  ordinary  to  her  Majesty,  1849.  2  v°ls- 
Pis.  Ills.  8°.  Vol.  I,  xiii,  (i),  432  pp.  II,  ix,  (i),  415  pp. 

The  "Collingwood"  arrived  at  Monterey  a  few  days  after  the  Ameri' 
can  flag  was  raised  by  Sloat.  Walpole's  account  will  be  found  in  vol. 
II,  pp.  204^219. 

WALTON,  DANIEL.  The  book  needed  for  the  times,  contain* 
ing  the  latest  well'authenticated  facts  from  the  gold  regions; 
also,  a  geographical  and  historical  view  of  California,  with  the 
different  routes,  by  land  and  water,  and  their  difficulties.  A 
list  of  necessary  articles  for  those  who  go,  and  the  mode  of 
sending  letters  to  and  from  there ;  also  cautionary  remarks  to 
the  community,  and  the  Californian  cry,  a  spirited  original 
.  poem.  Boston:  Stacy,  Richardson  6?  co.,  printers,  Excelsior 
establishment,  5,  Milk  street,  1849.  32  pp.  8°. 

Some  of  the  cautionary  remarks  are :  "  Stay  at  home,"  "  If  you  go  to 
California,  take  any  route  but  the  Isthmus,"  and  "Take  ten  cent  pieces, 
as  many  as  you  can  get  transportation  for;  eight  of  them  make  a  dollar." 

WARD,  WILLIAM  H.  [EDITOR].  Records  of  members  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  with  a  complete  account  of  the 
twentieth  national  encampment,  being  a  careful  compilation 
of  biographical  sketches,  well  arranged  and  indexed,  [etc.]. 
San  Francisco :  H.  S.  Crocker  &  co.,  stationers  and  publishers, 
215^19  Bush  street,  1886.  624  pp.  Port.  8°. 


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The  biographical  sketches  occupy  pp.  157-554.  A  large  number  of 
prominent  Californians  have  been  included. 

WARNER,  CHARLES  DUDLEY.  Our  Italy.  New  York:  Har- 
per &P  brother,  Franklin  square,  MDCCCXCI.  viii,  226  pp.  Ills.  8°. 
Southern  California,  Arizona,  and  New  Mexico  are  described. 

WARRE,  H.  Sketches  in  North  America,  and  the  Oregon  terri- 
tory, by  Captain  H.  Warre,  (A.  D.  C.,  to  the  late  commander 
of  the  forces).  [London]:  Lithographed,  printed  and  published 
by  Dickinson  6s?  co.,  114  New  Bond  street,  [1846].  5  pp.  text. 
1 6  pis.  cont.  20  views.  Map.  F°. 

A  series  of  beautiful  drawings  illustrative  of  scenery,  views  of  the 
primitive  settlements,  and  pictures  of  Indian  life.  Copies  of  this  work 
were  issued  also  with  the  plates  most  beautifully  printed  in  colors.  Both 
sets  are  quite  scarce. 

WATERSTON,  ROBERT  C.  Letter  written  from  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.,  to  the  Massachusetts  Historical  society.  Reprinted 
from  the  proceedings  of  the  society.  Cambridge :  Press  of  John 
Wilson  and  son,  1870.  10  pp.  8°. 

Fifty  copies  were  printed.  Contains  a  description  of  the  Spanish  and 
Mexican  archives  since  destroyed. 

WEBB,  CHARLES  HENRY.  Our  friend  from  Victoria.  A  com- 
edy in  three  acts  and  a  prologue.  First  performed  at  Wheat- 
leigh's  Eureka  theatre,  San  Francisco,  California,  Tuesday 
evening,  August  15,  1865.  San  Francisco:  A.  Roman  &  com- 
pany, 1865.  x>  57  PP-  I2°- 

Entirely  local,  the  scenes  being  Montgomery  street,  the  Cliff  house, 
and  other  familiar  localities.  This  play  was  presented  by  a  full  company, 
among  whom  were  the  well-known  players,  Edwin  Thome,  Mrs.  Judah, 
Jennie  Yeamans,  and  Stephen  Leach. 

WEBB,  WILLIAM  SEWARD.  California  and  Alaska  and  over 
the  Canadian  Pacific  railway.  New  York:  Knickerbocker  press, 
1890.  19,  190  pp.  Pis.  4°. 

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This  is  a  special  limited  edition,  with  rubricated  title  and  superb  im- 
pressions  of  the  plates.  The  ordinary  edition  was  issued  in  8°. 

WELLS,  WILLIAM  VINCENT.  A  visit  to  the  quicksilver 
mines  of  New  Almaden,  belonging  to  the  Quicksilver  mining 
company.  New  York :  Reprinted  from  Harpers'  new  monthly 
magazine,  of  June,  1863.  pp.  25-40.  Ills.  8°. 

Cover-title.  One  of  the  best  descriptions  of  these  famous  properties 
that  has  appeared. 

WELLS,  WILLIAM  VINCENT.  Walkers  expedition  to  Nica- 
ragua :  a  history  of  the  Central  American  war,  and  the  Sonora 
and  Kinney  expeditions,  including  all  the  recent  diplomatic 
correspondence:  together  with  a  new  and  accurate  map  of 
Central  America,  and  a  memoir  and  portrait  of  General  Wil- 
liam Walker.  New  York:  Stringer  5?  To  wnsend,  1856.  316  pp. 
Map.  Port.  12°. 


WENTWORTH,  MAY.  Poetry  of  the  Pacific:  selections  and 
original  poems  from  the  poets  of  the  Pacific  states.  Edited  by 
May  Wentworth.  San  Francisco:  Pacific  publishing  company, 
305  Montgomery  street,  1867.  viii,  9-415  pp.  12°. 

Contains  selections  from  the  writings  of  many  early  Californian  poets, 
not  to  be  found  elsewhere.  At  the  time  of  the  publication  of  this  work 
Bret  Harte  had  not  reached  the  great  curve  of  his  genius,  and  was  but 
indifferently  known.  It  is  stated  that  he  is  represented  by  but  one 
poem,  and  that  anonymously. 

WERTH,  JOHN  J.  A  dissertation  on  the  resources  and  policy 
of  California :  mineral,  agricultural  and  commercial,  including 
a  plan  for  the  disposal  of  the  mineral  lands.  Benicia :  St.  Clair  6? 
Pinkham,  publishers.  Copyright  secured.  1851.  viii,  87  pp.  12°. 

One  of  the  earliest  works  descriptive  of  California,  prepared  by  a 
local  observer.  It  is  usually  cited  as  the  first  work  to  be  printed  in 
Benicia,  but  the  sermon  of  Dr.  Woodbridge  antedates  it  by  several 
months. 

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WEST,  H.  J.  The  Chinese  invasion ;  revealing  the  habits,  man' 
ners  and  customs  of  the  Chinese,  political,  social  and  religious, 
on  the  Pacific  coast,  coming  in  contact  with  the  free  and  en' 
lightened  citizens  of  America.  Containing  careful  selections 
from  the  San  Francisco  press.  Compiled  by  H.  J.  West.  San 
Francisco:  Excelsior  office,  Bacon  &  company,  book  6?  job 
printers,  corner  of  Clay  and  Sansome  streets,  1873.  154  pp. 
Fold.  pi.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

The  large  folding  map  is  of  Chinatown,  San  Francisco,  and  the  plate, 
also  of  large  size,  shows  the  modes  of  life  and  habitation  of  the  Chinese 
in  San  Francisco. 

WESTON,  S.  Life  in  the  mountains:  or  four  months  in  the 
mines  of  California.  By  S.  Weston,  many  years  principal  of  a 
public  grammar  school  in  Providence,  R.  I.  Providence :  Pub' 
lishedbyE.P.Weston.  B.T.Albro,  printer,  1854.  34  pp.  1 1.  8°. 
An  interesting  narrative.  A  second  and  slightly  enlarged  edition  was 
published  the  same  year. 

WHEELER,  ALFRED.  Land  titles  in  San  Francisco,  and  laws 
affecting  the  same,  with  a  synopsis  of  all  grants  and  sales  of 
land  within  the  limits  claimed  by  the  city.  San  Francisco: 
Alta  California  steam  printing  establishment,  Portsmouth 
square,  1852.  128,  (i)  pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 

Includes  grants  made  during  the  administration  of  the  Mexican  gov 
eminent  in  California  to  July  9,  1846;  also,  all  grants  by  alcaldes,  or 
under  official  sales,  to  1851.  The  map  (frequently  replaced  by  others 
of  contemporary  date)  bears  the  superscription,  "Published  by  Josiah 
Le  Count,  for  Wheeler's  Report  on  land  titles  of  San  Francisco,  Gal." 

WHEELER,  GEORGE  M.  Report  upon  United  States  geograph- 
ical surveys  west  of  the  one  hundredth  meridian,  in  charge  of 
First  Lieut.  Geo.  M.  Wheeler,  corps  of  engineers,  U.  S.  army, 
under  the  direction  of  Brig.  Gen.  A.  A.  Humphreys,  chief  of 
engineers,  U.  S.  army.  Published  by  authority  of  the  Honor' 
able  secretary  of  war.  Vol.  VII.  Archaeology.  Washington : 
Government  printing  office,  1879.  xx,  (2),  497  pp.  Pis.  Maps.  4°. 

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The  appendix  to  vol.  VII,  part  I,  pp.  293-314,  contains  "Translation 
from  the  Spanish  of  the  account  by  the  pilot  Ferrel  of  the  voyage  of 
Cabrillo  along  the  west  coast  of  North  America  in  1542."  With  intro' 
ductory  notes  by  H.  W.  Henshaw.  This  translation  was  made  by  Rich' 
ard  Stuart  Evans,  from  the  collection  of  documents  made  by  Bucking' 
ham  Smith  from  one  of  the  public  libraries  at  Madrid,  under  the  title 
"  Coleccion  de  varies  documentos  para  la  historia  de  la  Florida  y  tierras 
adyacentes,"  tomo  I,  Lond.,  1857. 


WHITE,  ELIJAH.  A  concise  view  of  Oregon  territory,  its 
lonial  and  Indian  relations  ;  compiled  from  the  original  letters 
and  reports,  together  with  the  organic  laws  of  the  colony. 
Washington:  1846.  72  pp.  8°. 

The  author  was  sub'Indian  agent  of  Oregon,  and  this  work  is  the 
record  of  the  first  establishment  of  organized  society  in  that  territory. 
It  also  contains  some  accounts  of  the  missionary  work  of  the  Whit' 
mans  and  their  tragic  ending. 

WHITE,  RICHARD  EDWARD.  Padre  Junipero  Serra  and  the 
mission  church  of  San  Carlos  del  Carmelo.  All  rights  reserved. 
San  Francisco:  P.  E.  Dougherty  5?  co.,  steam  printers,  412 
Commercial  street,  1884.  32  pp.  12°. 

This  rare  work  was  prepared  for  the  occasion  of  the  celebration  of 
the  xooth  anniversary  of  the  death  of  Junipero  Serra,  the  founder  of 
the  first  mission  in  California.  The  contents  comprise  :  Padre  Junipero 
Serra  ;  The  founding,  progress,  and  decay  of  the  mission  San  Carlos  del 
Carmelo  ;  Father  Casanova  [of  Carmelo]  ;  Locating  the  grave  of  Juni' 
pero  Serra  ;  Restoration  of  the  mission  church  of  San  Carlos  del  Car' 
melo.  Rare. 

[WHITE,  WILLIAM  F.]  A  picture  of  pioneer  times  in  Cali' 
fornia,  illustrated  with  anecdotes  and  stories  taken  from  real 
life.  By  William  Grey.  Author's  edition.  San  Francisco:  Printed 
by  W.  M.  Hinton  6P  co.,  536  Clay  street,  1881.  vii,  677  pp.  8°. 

A  rather  loosely  connected  narrative,  sometimes  lively  and  entertain-* 
ing,  sometimes  tiresome  and  bordering  closely  upon  the  frivolous.  The 
author  used  "William  Grey"  as  a  pseudonym. 

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WHITNEY,  ASA.  A  project  for  a  railroad  to  the  Pacific.  With 
reports  of  committees  of  Congress,  resolutions  of  state  legis- 
latures,  etc.,  with  other  facts  relating  thereto.  New  York: 
Printed  by  George  W.  Wood,  no.  15  Spruce  street,  1849.  viii, 
112  pp.  2,  fold.  maps.  8°. 
One  of  the  earliest  of  the  transcontinental  projects. 

WIERZBICKI,  FELIX  PAUL.  California  as  it  is,  and  as  it  may 
be,  or  a  guide  to  the  gold  region.  By  F.  P.  Wierzfcicki,  M.  D. 
San  Francisco,  California.  First  edition.  San  Francisco:  Printed 
by  Washington  Bartlett,  no.  8,  Clay-street,  1849.  60,  (i)  pp.  8°. 

The  preface  to  this  edition  is  dated  Sept.  30, 1849.  In  popular  error 
this  work  has  long  been  described  as  the  first  book  printed  in  San  Fran' 
cisco,  although  it  is  antedated  by  others. 

WIERZBICKI,  FELIX  PAUL.  California  as  it  is,  and  as  it  may 
be,  or,  a  guide  to  the  gold  region.  By  F.  P.  Wiersbicki,  M.  D. 
SanFrancisco,California.  Second  edition.  SanFrancisco:  Printed 
by  Washington  Bartlett,  no.  8,  Clay  street,  1849.  76,  (i)  pp.  8°. 

WIGHT,  SAMUEL  F.  Adventures  in  California  and  Nicara- 
gua, in  rhyme.  A  truthful  epic.  Boston:  Printed  by  Alfred 
Mudge  6?  son,  34  School  street,  1860.  84  pp.  8°. 

In  his  preface  the  author  states,  "Though  written  in  rhyme,  the  book 
contains  far  'more  truth  than  poetry1;  otherwise  it  would  carry  but  a 
poor  recommendation  for  veracity."  The  adventures  in  Nicaragua  were 
with  the  noted  Gen.  William  Walker. 

WILDER,  MARSH  ALL  P.  California.  Boston:  Wright  6?  Pot- 
ter, printers,  79  Milk  street,  1871.  (i),  31  pp.  8°. 

A  lecture,  following  a  visit  to  California  for  the  examination  of  its 
agricultural  and  horticultural  resources. 

WILKES,  CHARLES.  Narrative  of  the  United  States  explor- 
ing expedition.  During  the  years  1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. 
By  Charles  Wilkes,  U.  S.  N.,  commander  of  the  expedition, 
member  of  the  American  Philosophical  society,  etc.  In  five 

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volumes  and  an  atlas.  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  C.  Sherman, 
1844.  6  vols.  Pis.  Maps.  Steel  vignettes.  Ills.  4°. 

Of  this  edition  75  copies  were  issued.  The  second  edition  is  similar 
in  all  respects  other  than  the  title,  which  bears  the  imprint  of  Lea  and 
Blanchard,  and  the  date  of  1845.  The  work  was  issued  also  in  royal 
8°,  by  C.  Sherman,  Philadelphia,  some  copies  of  which  bear  a  London 
imprint.  The  small  8°  edition  of  1845,  issued  by  Lea  and  Blanchard, 
differs  from  the  4°  and  the  royal  8°  editions,  in  that  woodcuts  have 
been  substituted  for  the  47  steel  vignettes ;  in  having  only  1 1  of  the 
14  maps  bound  in ;  in  being  printed  on  inferior  paper ;  in  the  omission 
in  most  copies  of  the  64  plates ;  and  in  the  edition  not  being  accom- 
panied  by  the  atlas.  Editions  were  issued  in  1850, 1856,  and  in  other 
years.  In  1841  the  expedition  visited  Oregon  and  California,  accounts 
of  which  are  given  in  vols.  IV  and  V.  The  observations  regarding  Cali- 
fornia are  extensive,  but  their  inaccuracies  have  been  severely  criticized 
by  later  writers. 

WILKES,  CHARLES.  Western  America,  including  California 
and  Oregon,  with  maps  of  those  regions,  and  of  "The  Sacra- 
mento valley."  Philadelphia:  Lea  and  Blanchard,  1849.  I3°  PP- 
3  fold.  maps.  8°. 

Written  by  the  commander  of  the  exploring  expedition  at  the  re- 
quest of  friends,  as  a  contribution  to  the  literature  of  the  gold-fields. 

WILKES,  GEORGE.  Project  of  a  national  railroad  from  the 
Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  ocean,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  a 
short  route  to  Oregon  and  the  Indies.  Second  edition.  Repub- 
lished  from  the  "History  of  Oregon,"  by  the  same  author. 
New  York:  Published  by  the  author,  1845.  23  PP-  8°. 

A  very  early  scheme  for  a  transcontinental  railroad.  Oregon  was 
naturally  the  objective  point,  as  at  that  time  California  was  still  a 
Mexican  possession. 

WILLARD,  CHARLES  DWIGHT.  The  Herald's  history  of 
Los  Angeles  city.  Los  Angeles,  Cal. :  Kingsley-Barnes  6?  Neu- 
ner  co.,  publishers,  December,  1901.  365  pp.  Ills.  12°. 

"  Supplies  in  convenient  and  portable  shape  the  material  facts  in  the 
history  of  Los  Angeles  city."  —  Preface. 

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WILLEY,  SAMUEL  HOPKINS.  A  historical  paper  relating  to 
Santa  Cruz,  California,  prepared  in  pursuance  of  the  resolu- 
tions of  Congress  for  the  national  centennial  celebration,  July 
4, 1876.  At  the  request  of  the  common  council  of  Santa  Cruz;. 
San  Francisco :  Printing  department  of  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  com' 
pany,  1876.  37  pp.  8°. 

Presents  in  brief  and  concise  form  the  annals  of  Santa  Cruz,  from  its 
foundation  in  1791,  as  Branciforte. 

WILLEY,  SAMUEL  H.  Thirty  years  in  California.  A  contri- 
bution to  the  history  of  the  state  from  1849  to  1879.  San 
Francisco:  A.  L.  Bancroft  6?  co.,  printers,  1879.  76  pp.  8°. 

WILLEY,  SAMUEL  HOPKINS.  The  transition  period  of  Cali- 
fornia from  a  province  of  Mexico  in  1846  to  a  state  of  the 
American  union  in  1850.  San  Francisco:  The  Whitaker  and 
Ray  company  (incorporated),  1901.  xii,  160  pp.  12°. 

One  of  the  best  works  upon  this  period  of  Californian  history.  The 
author  was  chaplain  at  the  constitutional  convention  which  assembled 
at  Monterey  in  Sept.,  1849. 

WILLIAMS,  ALBERT.  A  pioneer  pastorate  and  times,  embody- 
ing contemporary  local  transactions  and  events.  By  the  Rev. 
Albert  Williams,  founder  and  first  pastor  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian church,  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco :  Wallace  6?  Has- 
sett,  419  Sacramento  street,  1879.  xiv,  240  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Mr.  Williams  was  a  close  observer,  and  his  work,  divested  of  its  spir- 
itual features,  presents  many  interesting  pictures  of  early  San  Francisco. 

WILLIAMS,  JAMES.  Life  and  adventures  of  James  Williams, 
a  fugitive  slave,  with  a  full  description  of  the  Underground 
railroad.  San  Francisco:  Women's  Union  print,  424  Montgom- 
ery street,  1873.  108  pp.  8°. 

First  edition.  The  singular  work  of  one  whose  name  formerly  had 
been  John  Thomas  Evans.  He  came  to  California  in  1851,  and  later  had 
experiences  in  Mexico,  Victoria,  and  Washoe.  Four  editions  of  this 
work  were  issued,  one  being  in  12°,  and  bearing  a  Sacramento  imprint. 

250 


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[  WILLISTON,  H.  G]  California  characters,  and  mining  scenes 
and  sketches.  [Second  edition.]  Price— twentyfive  cents.  [By 
Whittlestick.]  San  Francisco:  Published  by  Bonestell  &  Wil' 
liston,  Wide  West  office,  Court  block,  Clay  street,  [1855].  ^4 
pp.  Ills.  8°. 

Cover'title.  Pictures  of  early  California  during  the  gold  excitement, 
among  which  are  those  of  the  miner,  successful  and  unsuccessful,  the 
ranchero,  the  Digger  Indian,  the  French  bootblack,  and  the  San  Fran' 
cisco  newsboy.  The  illustrations  are  by  Nahl.  A  second  edition  was 
published  the  same  year.  Rare. 

WILSON,  EDWARD.  The  golden  land;  a  narrative  of  early 

travels  in  California,  or  a  miner's  life  in  El  Dorado.  Boston : 

J.  E.  Farwell  &  co.,  32  Congress  street,  1852.  56  pp.  Port.  8°. 

Pp.  43'56  consist  of  advertisements.  The  narrative  was  originally 

published  in  Moses  A.  Dow's  "  Waverley  magazine." 

[WILSON,  JAMES.]  A  pamphlet  relating  to  the  claim  of  Senor 
Don  Jose  Y.  Limantour,  to  four  leagues  of  land  in  the  county 
adjoining  and  near  the  city  of  San  Francisco,  California.  Pub' 
lished  by  order  of  the  claimant.  San  Francisco:  Whitton, 
Towne  5?  co.,  printers, Excelsior  job  office  [etc.],  1853.  70  pp.  8°. 
Probably  prepared  by  James  Wilson,  attorney  to  Limantour.  The  tes' 
timony  of  witnesses  in  this  and  many  other  land  cases  forms  one  of  the 
chief  sources  of  the  earliest  history  of  Yerba  Buena  and  San  Francisco. 
The  literature,  both  private  and  official,  of  this  celebrated  claim  is  very 
extensive. 

WILSON,  OBED  G.  My  adventures  in  the  Sierras.  Franklin, 
Ohio:  The  Editor  publishing  co.,  1902.  215  pp.  Port.  12°. 

In  1854  the  author  met  the  notorious  Jim  Beckwourth,  and  has  re' 
corded  some  interesting  impressions  of  the  interview. 

WIMMEL,  HEINRICH.  Californien,  sein  Minen-Bergbau,  seine 
Hiilfsquellen  und  sein  social  Verhaltnisse,  nach  dem  Englischen 
frei  bearbeitet  von  Heinrich  Wimmel,  mit  swei  Original'Zei- 
chungen  von  demselben.  Cassel:  Druck  undVerlag  vonTronv 
mer  &  Dietrich,  1867.  vi,  200  pp.  12°. 

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WINTHROP,  THEODORE.  The  canoe  and  saddle,  adventures 
among  northwestern  rivers  and  forests;  andlsthmiana.  Boston: 
Ticknor  and  Fields,  1863.  375  pp.  12°. 

The  gifted  writer  visited  Oregon  in  1853,  and  his  charming  sketches 
contain  many  interesting  details  of  life,  principally  among  the  Indians. 

WISE,  HENRY  AUGUSTUS.  Los  Gringos :  or,  an  inside  view 
of  Mexico  and  California,  with  wanderings  in  Peru,  Chili,  and 
Polynesia.  By  Lieut.  Wise,  U.  S.  N.  New  York :  Baker  and 
Scribner,  145  Nassau  street  and  36  Park  Row,  1849.  xvi,  453 
pp.  12°. 

This  author,  sometimes  known  as  "  Harry  Gringo,"  wrote  in  vigorous 
and  picturesque  style.  The  descriptions  of  California  occupy  pp.  38'  141. 

WOOD,  WILLIAM  MAXWELL.  Wandering  sketches  of  peo- 
ple and  things  in  South  America,  Polynesia,  California,  and 
other  places  visited,  during  a  cruise  on  board  the  U.  S.  ships 
Levant,  Portsmouth,  and  Savannah.  Philadelphia:  Published 
by  Carey  and  Hart,  1849.  xi>  (x)>  *3'386  pp.  12°. 

Dr.  Wood  was  surgeon  of  the  Pacific  squadron,  and,  according  to 
history,  rendered  an  unusual  service  in  the  acquisition  of  California. 

WOODBRIDGE,  SYLVESTER,  JR.  Sermon  preached  at  the 
dedication  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  Benicia,  Califor' 
nia,  March  9,  1851.  By  the  pastor.  Benicia,  Cal. :  St.  Clair, 
Pinkham  6?  co.,  publishers,  1851.  14  pp.  8°. 

This  is  believed  to  be  the  first  pamphlet  printed  in  Benicia.  Dr.  Wood' 
bridge,  in  1849,  was  one  °f  the  founders  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in 
California. 

WOODS,  DANIEL  B.  Sixteen  months  at  the  gold  diggings. 
New  York:  Harper  &  brothers,  publishers,  82  Cliff  street, 
1851.  viii,  9'i99  pp.  12°. 

The  writer,  a  clergyman,  spent  his  time  chiefly  in  the  mines  upon  the 
American  and  Tuolumne  rivers.  His  work  is  a  valuable  contribution 
to  the  history  of  mining  camps  and  communities,  and  the  laws  and  regu' 
lations  adopted  by  them  for  the  protection  of  claims  and  property. 

252 


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WOODS,  JAMES.  Recollections  of  pioneer  work  in  California. 
By  Rev.  James  Woods,  a  pioneer  minister.  San  Francisco: 
Joseph  Winterburn  6?  co.,  book  and  job  printers,  417  Clay 
street,  between  Sansome  and  Battery,  1878.  260  pp.  12°. 

The  ecclesiastical  labors  of  a  pioneer  of  1849.  This  narrative  is  en- 
livened with  many  sketches  and  anecdotes  of  the  early  days  of  the  state. 

WOODS,  JAMES.  Sermon  preached  at  the  dedication  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  of  Stockton,  CaL,  May  5,  1850.  Barre, 
[Mass.]:  Patriot  press, Henry  Goddard,  printer,  1851.  16  pp.  8°. 
The  first  church  to  be  established  in  Stockton,  Gal. 

WOODSON,  J.  A.  Fact  and  fancy  in  the  life  of  a  pedestrian, 
being  a  full  history  of  the  champion  pedestrian  of  the  world, 
James  Kennovan  of  San  Francisco,  and  containing  a  complete 
record  of  all  his  great  feats  of  endurance,  great  walks  and 
matches.  Compiled  by  J.  A.  Woodson.  San  Francisco :  Pub- 
lished by  J.  W.  Sullivan,  news  agent  and  periodical  dealer,  1863. 
40  pp.  Port.  Ills.  12°. 

Kennovan  came  to  California  in  1850,  and  is  well  remembered  by 
the  older  citizens.  For  many  years  he  was  an  employee  in  the  United 
States  custom-house  at  San  Francisco. 

WRAY,  LEOPOLD,  TRANS.  The  German  emigrants  or  Frederick 
Wohlgemuth's  voyage  to  California  by  Dr.  Dietrich.  Translated 
by  Leopold  Wray.  Guben:  Printed  by  F.  Fechner,  [ca.  1852]. 
39  pp.  8  pis.  12°. 

A  curious  juvenile  book  of  slight  value.  It  was  issued  in  illuminated 
board  covers,  and  the  plates  are  colored  by  hand. 

WRIGHT,  WILLIAM.  PSEUD.  DAN  DE  QUILLE.  History  of 
the  big  bonanza :  an  authentic  account  of  the  discovery,  his- 
tory, and  working  of  the  world  renowned  Comstock  silver 
lode  of  Nevada,  including  the  present  condition  of  the  vari- 
ous mines  situated  thereon;  sketches  of  the  most  prominent 
men  interested  in  them ;  incidents  and  adventures  connected 
with  mining,  the  Indians,  and  the  country;  amusing  stories, 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

experiences,  anecdotes,  6?c.,  6?c.,  and  a  full  exposition  of  the 
production  of  pure  silver.  ByDandeQuille.  (William  Wright.) 
Profusely  illustrated.  Sold  by  subscription  only.  Hartford, 
Conn.:  American  publishing  company.  San  Francisco,  Cal. : 

A.  L.  Bancroft  &  co.,  1876.  xvi,  17-569.  Ports.  Ills.  8°. 
First  edition.  Hubert  Howe  Bancroft  says  of  this  work :  "A  curious 

medley  of  historical  facts  and  humorous  phases  of  society  in  connection 
with  a  mining  excitement  that  brought  about,  in  a  measure,  the  repeti' 
tion  of  flush  times  of  El  Dorado,  and  raised  Nevada  from  a  county  appen' 
dage  to  a  state.  It  is  full  of  stirring  incidents  and  anecdotes,  and  delights 
in  rough  characters  and  dialects."  A  second  edition  appeared  in  1877. 

WYETH,  JOHN  B.  Oregon ;  or  a  short  history  of  a  long  jour- 
ney from  the  Atlantic  ocean  to  the  region  of  the  Pacific,  by 
land ;  drawn  up  from  the  notes  and  oral  information  of  John 

B.  Wyeth,  one  of  the  party  who  left  Mr.  Nathaniel  J.  Wyeth, 
July  28th,  1832,  four  days"  march  beyond  the  ridge  of  the 
Rocky  mountains,  and  the  only  one  who  has  returned  to  New 
England.   Cambridge,  [Mass.]:  Printed  for  John  B.  Wyeth, 
1833.  87  pp.  12°. 

This  work,  now  extremely  rare,  was  written  by  a  man  of  ordinary 
mind  and  of  slight  education.  His  work  as  an  authority  is  useful  chiefly 
as  an  adjunct  to  others  of  the  period. 

WYLD,  JAMES.  Geographical  &  mineralogical  notes  to  accom- 
pany Mr.  WykTs  map  of  the  gold  regions  of  California.  Lon- 
don :  Pub.  by  James  Wyld,  geographer  to  the  Queen  and  Prince 
Albert,  Charing  Cross  east,  &  2  Royal  Exchange,  1849.  32> 
(i)pp.  Fold.  map.  8°. 
One  of  the  best  maps  of  California  published  in  England. 

YALE,  GREGORY.  Legal  titles  to  mining  claims  and  water 
rights,  in  California,  under  the  mining  law  of  Congress,  of  July, 
1866.  San  Francisco :  A.  Roman  6?  company,  17  Mercer  street, 
New  York,  1867.  xxiii,  9^452  pp.  8°. 

The  author  was  an  attorney  of  great  ability.  This  work  contains 
much  early  local  mining  history,  not  superseded  by  any  later  authority. 

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YELVERTON,  ZANITA.  Zanita,ataleoftheYo-Semite.  New 
York :  Published  by  Hurd  and  Houghton,  Cambridge,  River- 
side press,  1872.  iv,  296  pp.  12°. 

This  strange  character  claimed  to  be  Lady  Avonmore.  Her  biography, 
part  of  which  is  closely  linked  to  San  Francisco,  may  be  found  in 
Charles  Warren  Stoddard's  "In  the  footprints  of  the  Padres"  (edition 
of  1902),  under  the  title  of  "A  mysterious  history." 

YOSEMITE.  The  Yosemite  book:  a  description  of  the  Yosemite 
valley  and  the  adjacent  region  of  the  Sierra  Nevada,  and  the 
big  trees  of  California.  Geological  survey  of  California,  J.  D. 
Whitney,  state  geologist.  Published  by  authority  of  the  legis- 
lature. New  York:  Julius  Bien,  1868.  116  pp.  28  photos.  2 
fold.  maps.  4°. 

Rubricated  title.  The  preparation  of  the  work  with  the  accompany 
ing  photographs  involved  great  expense,  and  the  edition  was  limited  to 
250  copies.  In  the  following  year  a  reprint  was  made  which  contained 
the  text,  but  did  not  include  the  photographs.  This  latter  work  is 
known  as  the  "Yosemite  guide." 

ZEVALLOS,  FRANCISCO.  Carta  del  Padre  Provincial  Fran- 
cisco Zevallos  sobre  la  apostolica  vida  y  virtudes  del  P.  Fer- 
nando Consag,  insigne  missionero  de  la  California.  Impressa 
en  el  real,  y  mas  antiguo  Colegio  de  San  Ildefonso  de  Mexico, 
ano  de  1764.  2  1.  32  pp.  4°. 

This  work,  like  others  of  its  character,  is  rare  and  but  slightly  known. 
Further  accounts  of  the  activities  of  this  early  missionary  may  be  found 
in  the  works  of  Venegas  and  Ortega. 

ZIMMERMANN,  W.  F.  A.  Californien  und  das  Goldfieber. 
Reisen  in  dem  wilden  Westen  Nord-Amerika's,  Leben  und 
Sitten  der  Goldgraber,  Mormonen  und  Indianer.  Den  Gebil- 
deten  des  deutschenVolkes  gewidmet  von  Dr.  W.  F.  A.  Zim- 
mermann.  Mit  8  litbochromirten  Bildern  und  51  in  den  Text 
eingedruckten  Abbildungen.  Berlin:  Verlag  vonTbodor Thiele,. 
1863.  2  L  744  pp.  Pis.  Ills.  8°. 
Several  of  these  engravings  are  quite  unusual  in  character. 

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CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1 510.  Montalvo,  G.  O.  de,  Las  sergas 

del  Esplandian,  156. 
1653.  Drake,  Sir  Francis  Drake  re' 

vived,  72. 

1669.  Heylyn,P.,Cosmographie,io8. 
1671.  Clark,  S.,Life  and  death  of  Sir 

Francis  Drake,  48. 

1685.  [Verbiest,  P.],  Voyages  de 
TEmpereur  de  la  Chine,  239. 

1686.  A  relation  of  the  invasion  and 
conquest  of  Florida,  188. 

1687.  [  Burton,  R.],  The  English  he- 
roe;  or  Sir  Francis  Drake,  31. 

1697.  Dampier,  W.,  A  new  voyage 

round  the  world,  62. 
1705.  Lettres  edifiantes  et  curieuses, 

139- 
1712.  Cooke,E.,Voyageto  the  South 

sea,  54. 
1715.  Recueil  de  voiages  au  nord, 

185. 
1718.  Rogers,  W.,  A  cruising  voyage 

round  the  world,  194. 
1726.  Shelvocke,G.,  A  voyage  round 

the  world,  211. 
1728.  Betagh,  W.,  A  voyage  round 

the  world,  17. 
1734.  Cabrera  Bueno,  J.  G.,  Navega' 

cion  especulativa,  33. 
[1739.]  Gemeling,  J.  G.,  Disputatio 

geographica  de  vero  Californiae, 

95- 
1741.  [Campbell,  J.],  A  concise  his' 

tory  of  the  Spanish  America,  40. 


1 743 .  Lockman,  J.,Travels  of  the  Jes' 
uits,  143. 

1748.  Consag,  F.,  Carta,  53. 

1749.  Anson,  G.,  Voyage,  5. 
1752.  Balthasar,  J.  A.,  Carta,  10. 
1752.  Villavicencio,  J.  J.  de,Vida  del 

Padre  Juan  de  Ugarte,  240. 
1754.  Apostolicos  afanes,  6. 
1754.  Venegas,  M.,  Vida  del  Juan 

Maria  de  Salvatierra,  237. 
1757.  Venegas,  M.,  Noticia  de  la 

California,  238. 
1759.  Torrubia,  F.  G.,  I  Moscoviti 

nella  California,  231. 
1759.  Venegas,  M.,  A  natural  and 

civil  history  of  California,  237. 
1761.  Miiller,  G.  F.,  Voyages  from 

Asia  to  America,  160. 

1764.  Zevallos,  F.,  Carta  sobre  la 
vida  del  P.  Fernando  Consag, 
255. 

1765.  [Engel,  S.],  Memoires  et  ob' 
servations,  78. 

1769  [-1770].  Adelung,  J.  G,  Ge' 

schichte  von  Californien,  2. 
1770.  [Costanso,  M.],  Diario  histo' 

rico,  56. 
1770.  Estracto  de  noticias  del  Puerto 

de  Monterrey,  79. 
1770.  Estracto  de  noticias  del  Puerto 

de  Monterrey,  80. 
1772.  [Baegert,  J.],  Nachrichten  von 

der  Amerikanischen  Halbinsel 

Californien,  9. 


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1772.  Chappe  d'Auteroche,  J.,Voy 

age  en  Californie,  45. 
1772.  Engel,  S.,  Geographische  und 

kritische  Nachrichten,  78. 
1772.  Reglamento  e  instruccion,i86. 
1774.  Delaporte,  M.,  Le  voyageur 

fran9ois,  65. 

1778.  Chappe  cTAuteroche,  J.,  A 
voyage  to  California,  46. 

1779.  Cortes,  H.,  Correspondance 
avec  TEmpereur  Charles-Quint, 

55- 

1780.  Coxe,  W.,  Account  of  the 
Russian  discoveries,  59. 

1781.  Barrington,D.,Miscellanies,i2. 
1781.  Carver,  J.,  Travels,  43. 

1784.  Cook,  J.,  and  King,  J.,  Voyage 

to  the  Pacific,  53. 
1784.  Reglamento  para  el  gobierno, 

186. 

1786.  Instruccion,  119. 

1787.  Palou,  R,  Relacion  historica 
de  la  vida  del  Junipero  Serra,  171. 

1789.  Clavigero,  F.  S.,  Storia  della 

California,  49. 
1789.  Dixon,  G.,  Voyage  round  the 

world,  70. 

1789.  Portlock,  N.,  Voyage  round 
the  world,  180. 

1790.  [Costanso,  M.],  An  historical 
journal,  57. 

1790.  Meares,  J.,  Voyages,  152. 
1792.  Arricivita,  J.  D.,  Cronica  sera- 

fica,  8. 
1794.  [Sales,  L.],  Noticias  de  la  pro- 

vincia  de  Californias,  198. 
1796.  Californie,  Habitans,  40. 
1798.  Colnett,  J.,  Voyage  to  the 

south  Atlantic,  52. 


1798.  Vancouver,  G.,  Voyage  of  dis' 
covery  to  the  north  Pacific  ocean, 
236. 

1799.  La  Perouse,  J.  F.  G.  de,  Voyage 
round  the  world,  135. 

1799.  P.,  D.  P.  E.,  El  viagero  univer' 
sal,  167. 

1802  [-1806].  Galiano,  D.  A.,  Rela' 
cion  del  viage,  93. 

1803  ['1817!  Burney,  J.,  Chrono' 
logical  history  of  the  voyages 
and  discoveries  in  the  South  sea, 
30. 

1807.  Jewitt,  J.  R.,  Journal  kept  at 
Nootka  Sound,  121. 

1811.  Humboldt,  A,  Political  essay 
on  New  Spain,  116. 

1812.  Amoretti,  C.,  Voyage,  4. 
1813  ['1814].  Langsdorff,  G.  H.  von, 

Voyages  and  travels,  135. 
1814.  Allen,  P.,  Expedition  of  Lewis 
and  Clark,  3. 

1814.  Lewis,  M.,  and  Clarke,  W., 
Travels,  141. 

1815.  Jewitt,  J.  R,  Narrative,  121. 

1816.  San  Salvador,  A  P.  F.,Historia 
de  la  Antigua  California,  207. 

1817.  Patterson,  S.,  Narrative,  173. 

1819.  Burney,  J.,  Chronological 
history  of  north-eastern  voyages, 

30. 

1820.  Franchere,  G.,  Relation  d'un 
voyage,  90. 

1821.  Kotzebue,  Otto  von,  Entdeck- 
ungS'Reise,  132. 

1821.  KoUebue,  Otto  von,  A  voyage 
of  discovery,  133. 

1 822.  Choris, L, Voyage  pittoresque, 

47- 


260 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1823.  Roquefeuil,  C.  de,  Journal  cTun 

voyage,  195. 
1825.  Junta  de  fomento  de  Califor' 

nias.  Plan  de  colonizjacion  estran- 

gera,  125. 
1825.  Junta  de  fomento  de  Califor' 

nias.  Plan  de  colonisacion  de  na' 

cionales,  125. 
1825.  Junta  de  fomento  de  Califor" 

nias.  Proyecto,  125. 
[1825.]  Junta  de  fomento  de  Cali- 

fornias.  Proyecto  de  reglamento, 

126. 
1827.  Junta  de  fomento  de  Califor' 

nias.  Coleccion,  124. 
1827.  Junta  de  fomento  de  Califor' 

nias.  Dictamen,  124. 
1827.  Junta  de  fomento  de  Califor" 

nias.  Iniciativa  de  ley,  125. 
1827.  Junta  de  fomento  de  Califor' 

nias.  Plan,  125. 
1827.  Ranking,  J.,  Historical  re' 

searches,  184. 
1830.  Kelley,  H.  J.,  Geographical 

sketch  of  Oregon,  128. 

1830.  Kotsebue,  Otto  von,  Neue 
Reise  um  die  Welt,  132. 

1831.  Beechey,  F.  W.,  Narrative  of 
a  voyage  to  the  Pacific,  14. 

1831.  Carrillo,  C.  A.,  Exposicion,  42. 
1831.  Cox,  R.,  Adventures  on  the 

Columbia  river,  59. 
1831.  Kelley,  H.  J.,  General  circular, 

128. 
1831.  Pattie,  J.  O.,  Personal  narra' 

tive,  174. 
1833.  Pious  fund  of  the  Californias. 

Ley  y  reglamento,  179. 
1833.  Wyeth,  J.  B.,  Oregon,  254. 


1834.  Reglamento  para  la  compania 
cosmopolitana,  187. 

1834.  Reglamento  provicional,  187. 

1835.  Coulter,  T.,  Notes  on  Upper 
California,  57. 

1835.  Figueroa,  J.,  Manifiesto,  86. 

1836.  Irving,  W.,  Astoria,  119. 

1838.  Ruschenberger,  W.  S.  W., 
Narrative  of  a  voyage  round  the 
world,  197. 

1839.  Forbes,  A,  California,  88. 
1839.  Leonard,  Z.,  Narrative,  139. 

1839.  Townsend,  J.  K.,  Narrative  of 
a  journey,  231. 

1840.  [Dana,  R.  H.],  Two  years  be' 
fore  the  mast,  62. 

1840.  Diego,  F.  G.,  Carta  pastoral, 
68. 

1840.  Greenhow,  R.,  Memoir,  100. 

1841.  Duhaut'Cilly,  A.,  Viaggio  in' 
torno  al  globo,  74. 

1841.  Farnham,  T.  J.,  Travels  in  the 
great  western  prairies,  83. 

1841  [-1854].  Laplace,  C.  P.T.,  Cam- 
pagne  de  circumnavigation,  136. 

[1842.]  Bidwell,J.,Trip  to  Califor' 
nia,  1 8. 

1842.  Parker,  S.,  Journal  of  an  ex' 
ploring  tour,  172. 

[1842.]  The  Texan  revolution,  228. 

1842.  Walker,  R,  and  Eells,  C.,  Et- 
shut  thlu  sitskai,  242. 

1843.  Belcher,  E.,  Narrative  of  a 
voyage  round  the  world,  15. 

[1843.]  Bolduc,  J.'B.  Z.,  Mission  de 

la  Colombie,  21. 

1843.  Marryat,  F.,  Narrative,  150. 
1843.  Smet,  P.  J.  de,  Letters  and 

sketches,  217. 


261 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1844.  Duflot  de  Mofras,  E.,  Explora' 

tion,  74. 
1844.  Dunn,  J.,  History  of  the  Ore' 

gon  territory,  75. 
1844.  Falconer,  T.,  Discovery  of  the 

Mississippi,  81. 
1844.  Farnham,  T.  J.,  History  of 

Oregon  territory,  82. 
1844.  Farnham,  T.  J.,  Travels  in  the 

Californias,  83. 
1844.  Lee,  D.,  and  Frost,  J.  H.,  Ten 

years  in  Oregon,  137. 
1844.  Tucker,  E.  W.,  History  of 

Oregon,  233. 

1844.  Wilkes,  C.,  Narrative  of  the 
United  States  exploring  expedi' 
tion,  248. 

1845.  Buchanan,  J.,  Last  letter,  on 
the  American  title  to  Oregon,  28. 

1845.  Castanares,  M.,  Coleccion  de 

documentos,  44. 
1845.  Fremont,  J.  C.,  Report  of  the 

exploring  expedition,  91. 
1845.  Falconer,  T.,  The  Oregon  ter' 

ritory,  81. 
1845.  Greenhow,  R.,  History  of 

Oregon  and  California,  100. 
1845.  Hastings,  L.  W.,  Emigrant's 

guide  to  Oregon  and  California, 

105. 
[  1 845  J  Pious  fund  of  the  Californias. 

Observaciones,  179. 
1845.  Pious  fund  of  the  Californias. 

Rectification,  180. 
1845.  Pious  fund  of  the  Californias. 

Segundo  cuaderno,  180. 
1845.  San  Miguel,  J.R.de,Documen' 

tos  relatives  al  piadoso  fondo, 

206. 


[1845.]  San  Miguel,  J.  R.  de,  Exposi' 

cion,  206. 
1845.  Sturgis,W.,  The  Oregon  ques' 

tion,  224. 

1845.  Wilkes,  G.,  Project  of  a  na' 
tional  railroad,  249. 

1846.  Benton,  T.  H.,  Speech  on  the 
Oregon  question,  16. 

1846.  Fedix,  P.  A.,  UOregon,  84. 
1846.  Gallatin,  A, The  Oregon  ques' 

tion,  94. 

1846.  Gilliam,  A.  M.,  Travels,  97. 
1846.  Johnson,  O.,  and  Winter,  W. 

H.,  Route  across  the  Rocky  moun' 

tains,  122. 
1846.  Nicolay,  C.  G.,  The  Oregon 

territory,  162. 
1846.  Oregon:  the  claim  of  the 

United  States  to,  166. 
1846.  The  Oregon  question  re' 

viewed,  166. 
1846.  Poussin,  G.  T.,  Question  de 

TOr6gon,  181. 

1846.  Robertson,  W.,  Oregon,  192. 
1846.  [Robinson,  A.],  and  Boscana, 

G.,  Life  in  California.  [With] 

Chinigchinich,  193. 
1846.  [Sage,  R.  B.],  Scenes  in  the 

Rocky  mountains,  197. 
1846.  Simpson,  A.,  The  Oregon  ter' 

ritory,  215. 
1846.  Twiss,  T.,  The  Oregon  ques' 

tion,  234. 
[1846.]  Warre,  H.,  Sketches  in 

North  America,  244. 

1846.  White,  E.,  A  concise  view  of 
Oregon,  247. 

1847.  Alta  California,  notices  of, 
4- 


262 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1847.  Bilson,  B.,  The  hunters  of 

Kentucky,  18. 
1847.  Bouis,  A.,  Le  Whip-poor-will, 

22. 

1847.  Coulter,}.,  Adventures,  57. 
1847.  Coyner,  D.  H.,  The  lost  trap' 

pers,  59. 
1847.  Cutts,  J.  M.,  Conquest  of  Call' 

fornia,  61. 
1847.  Notice  sur  le  territoire  et  sur 

la  mission  de  1'Oregon,  164. 
1847.  Palmer,  J.,  Journal  of  travels, 

168. 
1847.  San  Francisco,  CaL,  The  laws 

Of,  200. 

1847.  Simpson,  G.,  Narrative  of  a 
voyage  round  the  world,  215. 

1 847.  Smet,  P.  J.  de,  Oregon  missions, 
217. 

1848.  Allen,  A.  J.,  Ten  years  in 
Oregon,  2. 

1848.  Bryant,  E,  What  I  saw  in 
California,  27. 

1848.  Emory,  W.  H.,  Notes  of  a 
military  reconnoissance,  77. 

1848.  Fremont,}.  C.,  Geographical 
memoir  upon  Upper  California, 
90. 

1848.  Fremont  court-martial,  91. 

[1848.]  Gay,  F.  A.,  Sketches  of  Cali- 
fornia, 94. 

1848.  [Kells,  C.  EJ,  California,  129. 

1848.  Kiinzjel,  H.,  Obercalifornien, 

134- 

1848.  Message  of  the  President,  153. 
1848.  Oregon  City  almanac,  166. 
1848.  Sherwood,J.E.,California,2i2. 
1848.  Simpson,  H.  L,The  emigrants' 

guide  to  the  gold  mines,  216. 


[1848.]  Smet,  P.  J.  de,  Missions  de 
1'Oregon,  217. 

[1848.]  Smith,  T.,  Speech  on  the 
physical  character  of  the  north- 
ern states  of  Mexico,  218. 

[1849.]  Account  of  California  and 
the  wonderful  gold  regions,  i. 

1849.  Ansted,  D.  T.,  Gold-seeker's 
manual,  6. 

1849.  Authentische  Nachrichten 
liber  Californien,  9. 

1849.  Bouchacourt,  C.,  Notice  in- 
dustrielle  sur  la  Californie,  22. 

1849.  Brooks,  J.  T.,  Four  months 
among  the  gold-finders,  25. 

1849.  [Burnett,  P.  H.],  Address  to 
the  inhabitants  of  New  Mexico 
and  California,  29. 

1849.  California,  constitucion  de,  34. 

1849.  California,  constitution  of,  34. 

[1849.]  California  gold  regions,  34. 

1849.  Comstock,  J.  L.,  History  of 
the  precious  metals,  53. 

1849.  Creusbar,  R.,  Route  from  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico,  60. 

1849.  Damon,  S.  C.,  Trip  from  the 
Sandwich  islands  to  Lower  Ore- 
gon, and  Upper  California,  61. 

1849.  Description  of  Oregon  and 
California,  67. 

[1849.]  Emigrant's  guide  to  Califor- 
nia, 77. 

1849.  Fitzgerald,  J.  E.,  Examination 
of  the  charter  and  proceedings  of 
the  Hudson's  Bay  company,  86. 

[1849.]  Forrester,  A.  H.,  Goodna- 
tured  hint  about  California,  88. 

1849.  Foster,  G.  G.,  Gold  regions  of 
California,  89. 


263 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1849.  Foster,  J.  C.,  The  uncertainty 

of  life,  89. 
1849.  Frothingham,  N.  L,  Gold:  a 

sermon,  93. 
1849.  Gerstacker,  F.,  Kalifornien's 

Gold,  96. 

[1849.]  Gold  regions  of  California's. 
1849.  Hall,  J.  L.,  Around  the  Horn 

in  '49, 102. 
1849.  Harris,  J.  M.,  A  paper  upon 

California,  104. 
1849.  Hastings,  L.  W.,  New  history 

of  Oregon  and  California,  105. 
1849.  Hughes,  J.  T.,  California,  115. 
1849.  Johnson,  S.  R.,  California, 

122. 

1849.  Johnson,  T.  T.,  Sights  in  the 

gold  region,  122. 
1849.  Krakenfuss,  A.,  Miinchhausen 

in  California,  133. 
1849.  Lauts,  G.,  Kalifornia,  137. 
1849.  Martin,  R.  M.,  The  Hudson 

bay  territories,  151. 
[  1 849.]  New  England  and  California 

trading  and  mining  association, 

162. 
1849.  Os2;wald,  H.  F.,  Californien 

und  seine  Verhaltnisse,  166. 
1849.  Parburt,  G.  R.,  Oration,  July 

4, 1849, 172. 
1849.  Parkman,  F.  Jr.,  The  California 

and  Oregon  trail,  173. 
1849.  [Peck, G.W.],Aurifodina,  175. 
1849.  Perils,  pastimes  and  pleasures 

of  an  emigrant,  176. 
1849.  Perkins,  G.  W.,  An  address  to 

the  "Pacific  pioneers,"  176. 
1849.  Proceedings  .  .  .  railroad  to 

San  Francisco,  183. 


1849.  Revere,  J.  W.,  A  tour  of  duty 

in  California,  189. 
1849.  Roberts,  S.,  To  emigrants  to 

the  gold  region,  192. 
1849.  Robinson,  F.,  California,  193. 
1849.  Ross,  A.,  Adventures  of  the 

first  settlers,  195. 
1849.  Rossignon,  J.,  Guide  pratique, 

196. 
1849  [^1850].  San  Francisco,  Cal., 

Proceedings  of  the  town  council 

of,  202. 
[i849.]^Sankey,  R.V.,  The  good 

time's  come  at  last,  207. 
1849.  Schmolder,  B.,  Neuer  prak' 

tischer  Wegweiser,  208. 
1849.  Schwars,  J.  L.,  Briefe  eines 

Deutschen  aus  Kalifornien,  208. 
1849.  Seymour,  E.  S.,  Emigrant's 

guide  to  the  gold  mines,  210. 
1849.  Thompson,  G.  A.,  Handbook 

to  the  Pacific  and  California, 

228. 
1849.  Thornton,  De  M.,  De  la  Cali' 

fornie,  230. 
1849.  Thornton,  J.  Q.,  Oregon  and 

California  in  1848,  230. 
1849.  Translation  and  digest  of ... 

Mexican  laws,  231. 
1849.  Walpole,  F.,  Four  years  in  the 

Pacific,  243. 
1849.  Walton,  D.,  The  book  needed 

for  the  times,  243. 
1849.  Whitney,  A.,  A  project  for  a 

railroad  to  the  Pacific,  248. 
1849.  Wierzibicki,  F.  P.,  California 

as  it  is,  248. 
1 849.  Wilkes,  C.,  Western  America, 

249. 


264 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1849.  Wise,  H.  A.,  Los  Gringos,  252. 
1849.  Wood,  W.  M.,  Wandering 
sketches,  252. 

1849.  Wyld,  J.,  Geographical  and 
mineralogical  notes,  254. 

1850.  Abbey,  J.,  Trip  across  the 
plains,  i. 

1850.  Adventures  of  a  gold  finder,  2. 

1850.  Amelia  Sherwood,  4. 

1850.  Benton,  J.  A.,  California  as  she 
was :  as  she  is :  as  she  is  to  be,  16. 

1850.  Beschke,  W.,  Dreadful  suffer' 
ings  and  thrilling  adventures  of 
an  overland  party  of  emigrants, 

I?- 
1850.  Blokom.  G.,  Short  geographi' 

cal  and  statistical  description  of 

California,  20. 
1850.  Bogardus,  J.  P.,  San  Francisco, 

Sacramento  city,  and  Marysville 

directory,  21. 
1850.  Browne,).  R.,  Report  of  the 

debates  in  the  convention  of  Cali' 

fornia,  26. 
1850.  Buffum,  E.  G.,  Six  months  in 

the  gold  mines,  28. 
1850.  California:  its  past  history; 

its  present  position ;  its  future 

prospects,  33. 
1850.  California:  its  present  condi' 

tion  and  future  prospects,  33. 
[1850.]  California  broadsides,  34. 
1850.  California  Pioneers,  Constitu' 

tion  and  bylaws  of,  36. 
[1850.]  California  and  New  Mex- 
ico, 40. 

1850.  Colton,W.,  Deck  and  port,  52. 
1850.  Colton,  W.,  Three  years  in 

California,  52. 


1850.  [Delevan,  J.],  Notes  on  Cali- 
fornia, 66. 

1850.  Directory,  [KimbalTs],  69. 

1850  [et  seq.].  Directories,  70. 

1850.  Eckfeldt,J.R,andDubois,W. 
E.,  New  varieties  of  gold  and  sil- 
ver coins,  76. 

1850.  Edelman,  G.  W.,  Guide  to  the 
value  of  California  gold,  76. 

1850.  Ferry,  H.,  Description  de  la 
Nouvelle  Californie,  84. 

1850.  Fleischmann,  J.  C.  L.,  Neueste 
officielle  Bericht,  87. 

1850.  Foley,  F.,  Romance  of  the 
ocean,  87. 

1850.  Freemasons,  California,  Con- 
stitution of,  90. 

1850.  Gregory,  J.  W.,  Gregory's 
guide  for  California  travellers,  99. 

1850.  Hughes,  J.  T.,  Doniphan's  ex- 
pedition, 115. 

1850.  Jones,  W.  C.,  Land  titles  in 
California,  123. 

1850.  King,  T.  B.,  California,  130. 

1850.  King,  T.  B.,  Report  on  Cali- 
fornia, 130. 

1850.  Kip,  Leonard,  California 
sketches,  131. 

1850.  M'Collum,  W.  S.,  California 
as  I  saw  it,  146. 

1850.  Mcllvaine,  W.  Jr.,  Sketches, 
148. 

1850.  McNeil,  S.,  Travels  in  1849, 
148. 

1850.  Mithouard,  J.,  La  Californie, 
155. 

1850.  Mysteries  of  San  Francisco, 
161. 

1850.  Nantucket  pioneers,  161. 


265 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1850.  Opis  Kalifornii,  165. 

1850.  Ryan,  W.  R.,  Personal  adven' 

tures,  197. 
1850.  San  Francisco,  Gal.,  Articles 

of  incorporation,  199. 
[1850.]  San  Francisco,  Gal.,  Diagram 

of  1000  lots  of  land,  199. 
1850.  San  Francisco,  Gal.,  Report  on 

the  beach  and  water  lots  of,  203. 
1850.  San  Francisco,  Gal.,  Reports 

of  the  alcalde,  comptroller,  and 

treasurer  of,  203. 
1850.  Seward,  W.  H.,  Speech  on  the 

admission  of  California,  209. 
1850.  Taylor,  B.,  Eldorado,  226. 
1850.  Treny,  M.,  La  Californie  de' 

voilee,  232. 

1850.  Tyson,  J.  L,  Diary  of  a  physi' 
cian  in  California,  235. 

[1851.]  Adventures  of  the  firm  of 
Brown  6?  Jingo,  2. 

1851.  Ballenstedt,  C.  W.  T.,  Be- 
schreibung  meiner  reise,  9. 

1851.  Brodie,  W.,Pitcairn's island,24. 
1851.  Gwin,  W.  M.,  Speeches,  102. 
1851.  Hines,  G.,  Life  on  the  plains 

of  the  Pacific,  108. 
1851.  Histoire  chretienne  de  la  Cali' 

fornie,  109. 
1851.  Hunt,  T.  D.,  Sermon  suggested 

by  the  execution  of  Jenkins,  116. 
1851.  Johnson,  T.  T.,  California  and 

Oregon,  122. 
[1851.]  Jones,  W.  C.,  Report  on  land 

titles,  124. 
1851.  Keller,  G.,  Trip  across  the 

plains,  128. 
1851.  Kelly,  W.,  Excursion  to  Cali' 

fornia,  129. 


1851.  [Kip,  Leonard],  Volcano  dig' 

gings,  131. 
1851.  [Lucatt,  E.],  Rovings  in  the 

Pacific,  144. 
1851.  Pacific  and  Atlantic  railroad, 

167. 
1851.  A  "pile,"  or,  a  glance  at  the 

wealth  of  the  monied  men  of 

San  Francisco,  177. 
1851.  Saint' Amant,  P.  C.  de, Voyage 

en  Californie,  197. 
1851.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Report  on 

the  condition  of  the  real  estate 

of,  203. 
1851.  Shaw,  W.,  Golden  dreams 

and  waking  realities,  210. 
1851.  Slater,  N.,  Fruits  of  Mormon' 

ism,  216. 
1851.  Tyson,  P.  T.,  Geology  and  in' 

dustrial  resources  of  California, 

235- 
1851.  Werth,  J.  J.,  Dissertation  on 

the  resources  and  policy  of  Cali' 

fornia,  245. 
1851.  Woodbridge,  S.  Jr.,  Sermon, 

252. 
1851.  Woods,  D.  B.,  Sixteen  months 

at  the  gold  diggings,  252. 

1851.  Woods,  J.,  Sermon,  253. 

1852.  Audubon,  J.  W.,  Illustrated 
notes  of  an  expedition,  8. 

1852.  Bound  home;  or  the  gold 

hunter's  manual,  23. 
1852.  California  land  claims,  35. 
1852.  California  text'book,  39. 
1852.  Carson,  J.  H.,  Early  recollec' 

tions  of  the  mines,  43. 
1852.  Chinese  question,  Analysis  of, 

46. 


266 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1852.  Clarke,  A.  B.,  Travels  in 

ico  and  California,  48. 
1852.  Clavijero,  F.  S.,  Historia  de  la 

Antigua  6  Baja  California,  49. 
1852.  Coke,  H.  J.,  A  ride  over  the 

Rocky  mountains,  50. 
1852.  Farnham,  T.  J.,  Life,  adven' 

tures,  and  travels  in  California, 

83. 

1852.  Horn,  H.  B.,  Overland  guide, 
114. 

1852.  Layton,  G.  I.,  Two  years  in 
the  life  of,  137. 

1852.  [Letts,  J.  Ml,  California  illus' 
trated,  140. 

1852.  Lockwood,  R.  A.,  The  Vigi- 
lance committee  of  San  Francisco, 

143- 

1852.  Lyman,  Albert,  Journal  of  a 
voyage  to  California,  145. 

1852.  Rednitz;,  L,  Wegweiser  und 
Rathgeber,  185. 

1852.  Richter,  M.  A.,  The  Califor- 
nia pioneers,  190. 

1852.  Ringgold,C.,  A  series  of  charts 
with  sailing  directions,  191. 

1852.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Corre- 
spondence on  the  subject  of  ap- 
praisements, 199. 

1852.  Stansbury,H., Exploration  and 
survey,  220. 

1852.  Wheeler,  A.,  Land  titles  in 
San  Francisco,  246. 

1852.  Wilson,  E.,  The  golden  land, 
251. 

[1852.]  Wray,  L.,  The  German  emi- 
grants, 253. 

1853.  Allsop,  R.  California  and  its 
gold  mines,  3. 


[1853.]  Almanac,  California  state,  4. 

1853.  Benton,  J.  A,  The  California 
pilgrim,  16. 

1853.  Brouillet,  J.  B.  A.,  Authentic 
account  of  the  murder  of  Dr. 
Whitman,  25. 

1853.  [Delano,  A],  Pen  knife 
sketches,  65. 

1853.  Kewen,  E.  J.  C.,  Idealina,  130. 

1853.  Lambertie,  C.  de,  Voyage  pit- 
toresque,  134. 

1853.  Tne  miner's  progress,  155. 

[1853.]  Mysteries  and  miseries  of 
San  Francisco,  161. 

1853.  Payson,  G.,  Golden  dreams 
and  leaden  realities,  175. 

1853.  Perry,  J.  A,  Thrilling  adven- 
tures, 176. 

1853.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Manual 
of  the  city  of,  201. 

1853.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Second 
anniversary  of  the  fire  department 
of,  204. 

1853.  Speer,  W.,  China  and  Califor- 
nia, 220. 

1853.  Stirling,  P.  J.,  Australian  and 
Californian  gold  discoveries,  222. 

1853.  Taylor,  A.  S.,  Discovery  of 
California  and  northwest  Amer- 
ica, 226. 

1853.  Tengoborski,  L.  de,  Essai,  227. 

1853.  Thornton,  H.  L,  Opinions  de- 
livered by,  230. 

1853.  [Wilson,  J.],  Pamphlet  relat- 
ing to  the  claim  of  Limantour,  2j  i . 

1854.  Auger,  K,  Voyage  en  Califor- 
nie,  9. 

1854.  Bartlett,  J.  R,  Personal  narra- 
tive of  explorations,  13. 


267 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 

1854.  Bours,  A.  L,  Life's  pack  of  1855.  Ballou,  J.,  Lady  of  the  west, 

cards,  23.  10. 

1854.  Capron,  E.  S.,  History  of  Cali'  1855.  Barber  and  Baker,  Sacramento 

fornia.  41 .  illustrated,  1 1 . 

1854.  Delano,  A.,  Life  on  the  plains,  1855.  California  songster,  39. 


65. 

1854.  Delvalle  trial,  Report  of,  66. 
1854.  De  Quincey,  T.,  Letters  to  a 

young  man,  66. 
1854.  Drake,  Francis,  The  world  en' 

compassed,  73. 
1854.  Franchere,  G.,  Narrative  of  a 

voyage,  90. 
1854.  Gamier,  P.,  Voyage  medical 

en  Californie,  94. 


1855.  College  of  California,  State' 

ment  in  regard  to,  51. 
1855.  Figueroa,  J.,  Manifiesto,  86. 
1855.  Helper,  H.  R.,  Land  of  gold, 

107. 
1855.  Holinski,  A.  J.  J.,  Californie  et 

les  routes  interoceaniques,  113. 
1855.  Kip,  Lawrence,  The  Indian 

council,  131. 
1855.  Langworthy,  F.,  Scenery  of 


1854.  Hawes,  H.,  Brief  of  argument,        the  plains,  mountains  and  mines, 


105. 


135- 


1854.  Heap,  G.  H..  Central  route  to     1855.  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Revised  or' 


the  Pacific,  107. 
1854.  Heron,  Matilda,  Flowers  for 

genius,  107. 

1854.  Last  night  of  the  session,  136. 
1854.  Lewis,  W.  J.  General  railroad 

laws,  141. 
1854.  Money,  W.,  Reform  of  the 

New  Testament  church,  155. 
1854.  Morse,  J.  F.,  and  Colville,  S., 

Illustrated  sketches  of  California, 

157. 
1854.  Saint' Amant,  P.  C.  de,  Voya' 

ges  en  Californie,  198. 
1 8  54.  San  Francisco,Cal.,Ordinances 

and  joint  resolutions  of,  201. 
1854.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Remon' 


dinances  of,  144. 
1855.  Marryat,  S.  F.,  Mountains  and 

molehills,  150. 
1855.  Meyer,  C.,  Nach  dem  Sacra' 

mento,  154. 
1855  ['i86il.  Pacific  railroad  re' 

ports,  1 68. 
1855.  Remarks  of  the  Chinese  mer' 

chants,  188. 
1855.  Shea,  J.  G.,  History  of  the 

Catholic  missions,  211. 

1855.  Soule,  F.,  Gihon,  J.  H.,  and 
Nisbet,  J.,  Annals  of  San  Francis' 
co,  219. 

[1855.]  [Williston,  H.  CJ,  Califor- 
nia characters,  251. 

1856.  Adams  &  co.,  i. 


strance  of,  against  extension,  202. 

1854.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Report  of  1856.  Beckwourth,  J.  P.,  Life  and 

the  board  of  engineers,  203.  adventures,  14. 

1854.  Weston,  S.,  Life  in  the  moiui'  1856.  [Blanchet,F.N.],Completedic' 

tains,  246.  tionary  of  the  Chinook  jargon,  19. 

268 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1856.  Brierly,  B.,  Thoughts  for  the 
crisis,  24. 

1856.  Bushnell,  H.,  Society  and  re* 
ligion,  32. 

1856.  Carroll,  W.,  Dr.  Scott,  the 
Vigilance  committee  and  the 
church,  42. 

1856.  Gary,  T.  B.,  Gold  from  Cali- 
fornia, 44. 

1856.  [Chaparro,  P.],  Noticias  sobre 
la  provincia  eclesiastica  de  Ore- 
gon, 45. 

1856.  Chinquopin,  pseud.,  George 
Denny,  46. 

1856.  Constitution  and  address  of 
the  committee  of  vigilance,  53. 

1856.  Crane,  J.  M.,  The  past,  the 
present  and  the  future  of  the 
Pacific,  59. 

1856.  Cutler,  R.  P.,  Thanksgiving 
sermon,  61. 

1856.  [Delano,  A.],  Idle  and  indus- 
trious miner,  64. 

1856.  [Delano,  A.],  Old  Block's 
sketch-book,  65. 

1856.  Derby,  G.  H.,  Phoenixiana,  67. 

1856.  Ewer,  F.  C.,  Two  eventful 
nights,  80. 

[1856.]  [Fargo,  F.  F.],  True  and  mi- 
nute history  of  the  assassination 
of  James  King  of  Wm.,  82. 

1856.  Farnham,  E.W ., California,  82. 

1856.  Ferris,  B.  G.,  Mormons  at 
home,  84. 

1856.  Field-Turner  controversy,  85. 

1856.  Gougenheim  sisters,  Memoirs 
of,  98. 

1856.  Hawes,  H.,  Missions  in  Cali- 
fornia, 105. 


1856.  Hittell,  J.  S.,  Evidences  against 
Christianity,  in. 

1856.  [Huntley,  H.  V.],  California, 
117. 

1856.  Lacy,  E.  S.,  The  schools  de- 
manded by  the  present  age,  134. 

1856.  Markhoff,  A.,  Eastern  Sibe- 
ria, .  .  .  Russian  possessions  in 
America,  150. 

1856.  [Metlar,  G.  W.],  Northern 
California,  153. 

1856.  Palmer,  Cook  6?  co.,  Corre- 
spondence, 169. 

1856.  En  Pariserinders  ophold  i  Cal- 
ifornien,  172. 

[1856.]  Rowe,  J.  A,  Rowe  &  co's. 
Pioneer  circus,  196. 

[1856.]  San  Francisco  album,  Photo- 
graphs of  views,  199. 

1856.  Scott,  W.  A.,  Discourse  for 
the  times,  209. 

1856.  Signal  fires,  214. 

1856.  Speer,W.,Anhumbleplea,2i9. 

1856.  Stockton,  R.  F.,  Sketch  of  the 
life  of,  222. 

1856.  Taylor,  M.,  Gold  digger's  song 
book,  227. 

[1856.]  Taylor,  W.,  Seven  years1 
street  preaching  in  San  Francisco, 
227. 

1856.  Terry,  D.  S.,  Trial  of,  by  the 
committee  of  vigilance,  228. 

1856.  Thomson,  M.,  Golden  re- 
sources of  California,  229. 

1856.  True  and  minute  history  of 
the  assassination  of  James  King 
of  Wm.,  232. 

1856.  Udell,  J.,  Incidents  of  travel 
in  California,  235. 


269 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1856.  Wells,  W.  V.,  Walker  s  expe- 
dition to  Nicaragua,  245. 

1857.  Armstrong,  A.  N.,  Oregon, 

7- 
1857.  Bates,  D.  B.,  Incidents  on  land 

and  water,  13. 
1857.  Beeson,  J.,  Plea  for  the  Indians, 

15- 
1857.  Borthwick,  J.  D.,  Three  years 

in  California,  22. 
1857.  Bushnell,  H.,  Movement  for  a 

university  in  California.  32. 
1857.  Carroll,  A.  E.,  Star  of  the 

west,  42. 
1857.  Cole,  P.,  Cole's  war  with  ig- 

norance  and  deceit,  50. 
[1857.]  Drury,  P.  S.,  Startling  and 

thrilling  narrative,  73. 
1857.  Estell,  J.  M.,  Speech,  79. 
1857.  Hittell,  J.  S.,  Brief  statement 

of  the  .  .  .  claim  made  by  Jose  Y. 

Limantour,  no. 
1857.  Ludewig,  H.  E.,  Literature  of 

American  aboriginal  languages, 

145- 
1857.  McGowan,  K,  Narrative  of, 

148. 
1857.  Palou,  F.,  Noticias  de  la  Nueva 

California,  169. 
1857.  Pickett,  C.  E.,  Oration,  July  4, 

1857, 177. 
1857.  Praslow,  J.,  Der  Staat  Califor- 

nien,  181. 
[1857.]  Smith,  B.,  Coleccion  de  va' 

rios  documentos,  217. 
1857.  State  register  and  year  book 

of  facts,  220. 
1857.  Stewart,  W.  R,  Last  of  the 

filibusters,  221. 


1857.  Stratton,  R.  B.,  Life  among  the 

Indians,  223. 
1857.  Swan,  J.  G.,  The  northwest 

coast,  225. 

1857.  Veatch,  J.  A.,  Report  to  the 
Borax  company  of  California,  237. 

1858.  Blake,  W.  P.,  Report  of  a  geo- 
logical reconnoissance  in  Cali- 
fornia, 19. 

1858.  Bushnell,  H.,  California,  31. 
1858.  Cornwallis,  K.,  The  new  El 

Dorado,  55. 
1858.  Cox,  I.,  Annals  of  Trinity 

county,  58. 

1858.  Gerstacker, R, Gold!  95. 
1858.  Granice,  R.,  The  family  gem, 

99. 

1858.  Ha2;litt,W.  C.,  British  Colum- 
bia, and  Vancouver  island,  106. 
1858.  Hoffman,  O.,  Opinion  in  the 

cases  of  Limantour,  113. 
1858.  Hopkins,  R.  C.,  Digest  of 

Mexican  laws,  114. 
1858.  Howe,  C.  E.  B.,  Joaquin  Mu- 

rietta,  115. 

1858.  Judges  and  criminals,  124. 
[1858.]  Kuchel,C.C.,andDresel,K, 

California  views,  133. 
1858.  [La  Reintrie,  H.],  "The  other 

side,"  136. 
1858.  Macdonald,  D.  R,  The  moral 

law,  147. 
1858.  Marcou,  J.,  Geology  of  North 

America,  149. 

1858.  The  miner's  own  book,  154. 
1858.  Mollhausen,  B.,  Diary  of  a 

journey,  155. 
1858.  Murder  of  M.  V.  B.  Griswold 

by  five  Chinese,  160. 


270 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1858.  Put's  Golden  songster,  183. 

1858.  Reid,  J.  G,  Reid's  tramp, 
188. 

1858.  Seyd,  R,  California  and  its 
resources,  210. 

1858.  Taylor,  A.  S.,  About  grass' 
hoppers  and  locusts,  225. 

1858.  Taylor,  M.,  Local  lyrics, 
227. 

1858.  Taylor,  W.,  California  life  il- 
lustrated, 227. 

1858.  Waddington,  A.,  The  Fraser 
mines  vindicated,  242. 

1859.  Duniway,  A.  J.,  Captain 
Gray's  company,  75. 

1859.  The  Fremont  decision,  92. 
1859.  Frost,  J.,  History  of  the  state 

of  California,  92. 
1859.  Gerstacker,  F.,  Scenes  de  la 

vie  californienne,  96. 
1859.  Kane,  P.,  Wanderings  of  an 

artist,  126. 
1859.  Kip>  Lawrence,  Army  life  on 

the  Pacific,  130. 
1859.  Marcy,  R.  B.,  Prairie  traveler, 

150. 

1859.  Mortara  case,  157. 
1859.  Palmer,  J.  W.,  New  and  the 

old,  168. 
1859.  Proceedings  in  case  ...  of 

Caesarian  operation,  182. 
1859.  [Randolph,  E.],  New  Alma- 
den  mine,  184. 

1859.  Shaw,  W.  J.,  Report  of  argu- 
ment, Hart  vs.  Burnett,  211. 

1860.  Clippings  from  the  California 
press,  50. 

1860.  De  Groot,  H.,  Sketches  of  the 
Washoe  silver  mines,  64. 


1860.  Domenech,  E.  H.  D.,  Seven 
years'  residence  in  the  great  des- 
erts of  North  America,  70. 

1860.  Exploits  of  the  attorney-gen- 
eral in  California,  80. 

1860.  Farnham,  T.  J.,  Early  days  of 
California,  82. 

[1860.]  First  California  story  book, 
86. 

[1860.]  Gazlay,  D.  M.,  Californian 
mercantile  journal  for  1860, 94. 

1860.  Greeley,  H.,  Overland  jour- 
ney, 100. 

1860.  Jones,  W.  G,  Letters  in  re- 
view of  Attorney  General  Black's 
report,  123. 

1860.  Pemberton,  J.  D.,  Facts  and 
figures  relating  to  Vancouver 
island,  175. 

1860.  Randolph,  E.,  Address  on  the 
history  of  California,  184. 

1860.  San  Francisco,  Cal,  Minutes 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  legisla- 
tive assembly  of,  201. 

1860.  Schaeffer,  L.  M,,  Sketches  of 
travel,  208. 

[1860.]  Shaw,  P.,  Ramblings  in  Cali- 
fornia, 210. 

1860.  Veritas,  [pseud.],  Examination 
of  the  Russian  grant,  239. 

1860.  Wight,  S.  F.,  Adventures  in 
California,  248. 

1 86 1.  Arroyo  de  la  Cuesta,F.,  Gram- 
mar of  the  Mutsun  language,  8. 

1 86 1.  Burton,  R.  F.,  City  of  the 

saints,  31. 
1 86 1.  Drake,  E.  B.,  Jimeno's  and 

Hartnell's  indexes  of  land  conces- 


sions, 72. 


271 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1861.  Hittell,  T.  H.,  Adventures  of 
James  Capen  Adams,  112. 

1  86  1.  Mengarini,  G.,  Selish  or  Flat' 
head  grammar,  153. 

1  86  1.  Nunes,  J.  A.,  Fast  folks,  164. 

1  86  1.  Report  of  the  ecclesiastical 
trial,  189. 

1  86  1.  San  Francisco  churches,  Evi' 
dence  of  George  Inwood's  loan 
to  the  First  Baptist  church,  204. 

1861.  Sitjar,  B.,  Vocabulario,  216. 
1861  ['1863].  Tikhmenef,  P.,  History 

of  the  American  Russian  com' 
pany,  230. 

1862.  Arroyo  de  la  Cuesta,  F.,  Vo- 
cabulario  Mutsun,  8. 

1862.  Barrett'Lennard,  C.  E.,Travels 

in  British  Columbia,  12. 
1862.  Burdett,  C.,  Life  of  Kit  Car' 

son,  29. 

1862.  Cariboo,  41. 
1862.  College  of  California,  IncorpO' 

ration,  organic  basis,  and  laws,  51. 
[1862.]  Gould  6?  Curry  silver 


ing  company,  99. 
1862.  Hardy  impeachment,  Official 

report  of,  103. 
1862.  Haslitt,  W.  C.,  Great  gold 

fields  of  Cariboo,  106. 
1862.  Hutchings,  J.  M.,  Scenes  of 

wonder  and  curiosity  in  Califor' 

nia,  117. 
[1862.]  Lower  California,  Historical 

outline  of,  144. 
1862.  Pandosy,  M.  C.,  Grammar  and 

dictionary  of  the  Yakama  Ian' 

guage,  172. 
1862.  Patterson,  L.  B.,  Twelve  years 

in  the  mines,  173. 


1862.  Paul  Pry,  pseud.,  Life  of  Belle 

Cora,  174. 
1862.  Stout,  A.  B.,  Chinese  immigra' 

tion,  223. 
1862.  Vischer,  E.,  Sketches  of  the 

Washoe  mining  region,  240. 

1862.  Vischer,  E.,  Vischer's  views 
of  California,  241. 

1863.  Dwinelle,  J.  W.,  Colonial  his' 
tory  of  the  city  of  San  Francisco, 

75- 
1863.  Gibbs,  G.,  Alphabetical  vo' 

cabulary  of  the  Chinook  language, 

96. 
1863.  Gibbs,  G.,  Alphabetical  vo' 

cabularies  of  the  Clallam  and 

Lummi,  96. 
1863.  Gibbs,  G.,  Dictionary  of  the 

Chinook  jargon,  96. 
1863.  Nahl,  A,  and  C.,  Instructions 

in  gymnastics,  161. 
1863.  Wells,  W.  V.,  Visit  to  the 

quicksilver  mines  of  New  Alma' 

den,  245. 
1863.  Winthrop,  T.,  Canoe  and 

saddle,  252. 
1863.  Woodson,  J.  A,  Fact  and 

fancy  in  the  life  of  a  pedestrian, 


1863.  Zimmermann,  W.  F.  A.,  Cali' 
fornien  und  das  Goldfieber,  255. 

1864.  Browne,  J.  R.,  Crusoe's  island, 
26. 

1864.  California  Pioneers,  Four' 

teenth  anniversary,  37. 
1864.  College  of  California,  Oration 

and  poem,  51. 
1864.  Historia  cristiana  de  la  Cali' 

fornia,  109. 


272 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1864.  Jenkins,  J.  G.,  Life  and  Confes' 

sions  of,  120. 
1864.  Kelly,  G.  F.,  Land  frauds  in 

California,  129. 
1864.  Morison,  J.  H.,  Dying  for  our 

country,  157. 
1864.  Mowry,  S.,  Arizona  and  So- 

nora,  158. 
1864.  Rossi,  Abbe,  Souvenirs  d'un 

voyage,  196. 
1864.  Swiman,  B.,  Description  of  the 

petroleum  region  in  California, 

215. 

1864.  Trask,  J.  B.,  Register  of  earth' 
quakes  in  California,  232. 

[1865.]  Anderson,  M.  E.,  Scenes  in 
the  Hawaiian  islands,  5. 

1865.  Bodega  y  Quadra,  J.  F.,  Viages 
de  exploracion,  21. 

1865.  Bush,  H.,  Harp  of  the  day, 

3i- 
1865.  Cassin,  J.,  Illustrations  of  the 

birds  of  California,  44. 
1865.  Derby,  G.  H.,  Squibob  papers, 

67. 
1865.  Frothingham,  R,  Tribute  to 

Thomas  Starr  King,  93. 
[1865.]  Joaquin,  (the  Claude  Duval 

of  California),  121. 
1865.  Justesen,  P.,  Two  years  adven' 

tures,  126. 
1865.  Macfie,  M.,  Vancouver  island 

and  British  Columbia,  147. 
1865.  Mullan,  J.,  Miners  and  travel' 

ers'  guide,  159. 
[1865.]  The  Reese'Clark  breach'of' 

promise  case,  186. 
1865.  RogersJ.  R,  The  California 

hundred,  194. 


1865.  San  Francisco,  Gal.,  Origin  of 

the  free  public  schools  of,  201. 
1865.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Public 

schools  of,  202. 
1865.  Sutro,  A,  Advantages  and  ne' 

cessity  of  a  deep  drain  tunnel, 

224. 

1865.  Webb,  C.  H.,  Our  friend  from 
Victoria,  244. 

1866.  Bowles,  S.,  Across  the  conti' 
nent,  23. 

1866.  Bulfinch,  T.,  Oregon  and  El 

Dorado,  29. 
1866.  California  Pioneers,  Address 

by  John  W.  Dwinelle,  35. 
1866.  Dwinelle,  J.  W.,  Colonial  his' 

tory  of  the  city  of  San  Francisco, 

75- 
1866.  Frignet,  E.,  La  Californie  his' 

toire,  92. 
1866.  Linen,  J.,  The  poetical  and 

prose  writings  of,  142. 
1866.  Olmsted,  F.  L.,  Preliminary  re' 

port ...  for  San  Francisco,  165. 
1866.  Outcroppings,  167. 
1866.  Rau,  C.,  An  account  of  the 

aboriginal  inhabitants,  185. 
1866.  Richthofen,F.,TheComstock 

lode,  190. 

1866.  Tuthill,F.,  The  history  of  Cal- 
ifornia, 234. 

1867.  Batty,  J.,  Over  the  wilds  to 
California,  14. 

1867.  Browne,].  R,  and  Taylor,  J. 

W.,  Reports  upon  the  mineral 

resources,  27. 
1867.  California  Pioneers,  Seven- 

teenth  anniversary,  38. 
1867.  Cauwet,  P.,  Poesies,  45. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1867.  Clemens,  S.  L.,The  celebrated 

jumping  frog,  49. 
1867.  Dunbar,  E.  E.,  Romance  of  the 

age,  74. 
1867.  Forsee,  P.  A.,  Five  years  of 

crime  in  California,  88. 
1867.  Harte,  F.  B.,  The  lost  galleon, 

104. 
1867.  Head,  T.,  Hope  of  civilization 

yet  to  be,  106. 
1867.  Hittell,  J.  S.,  Resources  of  Cali' 

fornia,  in. 
1867.  Honcharenko,  A.,  Russian  and 

English  phrase  book,  113. 
1867.  Instrucciones,  119. 
1867.  Norman,  L.,  Youth's  history 

of  California,  163. 
1867.  Prevost,  L.,  California  silk' 

grower's  manual,  182. 
1867.  Richardson,  A.  D.,  Beyond 

the  Mississippi,  190. 
1867.  Riihl,  K.,  Calif ornien,  196. 
1867.  Stoddard,  C.  W.,  Poems,  222. 
1867.  Wentworth,  M.,  Poetry  of 

the  Pacific,  245. 
1867.  Wimmel,  H.,  Californien,  251. 

1867.  Yale,  G.,  Legal  titles  to  mining 
claims  and  water  rights,  254. 

1868.  Bribery,  A  comedy,  24. 
1868.  Cremony,  J.  C.,  Life  among 

the  Apaches,  60. 
1868.  Cronise,T.  F.,  Natural  wealth 

of  California,  60. 
[1868.]  Hines,  G.,  Oregon  and  its 

institutions,  108. 

1868.  Hittell,].  S.,  Yosemite,  112. 
1868.  Kelley,  H.  J.,  History  of  the 

settlement  of  Oregon,  129. 
[1868.]  San  Francisco  fairy,  205. 


1868.  Saxon,  L,  Five  years  within 

the  Golden  Gate,  207. 
1868.  Sill,  E.  R.,  The  hermitage,  214, 
1868.  Stone,  A.  L.,  The  finger  of 

God,  223. 
1868.  Sutro,  A.,  Mineral  resources 

of  the  United  States,  224. 

1868.  Yosemite  book,  255. 

1869.  Bowles,  S.,  Our  new  west,  23. 
1869.  Brace,  C.  L.,The  new  west,  24. 
1869.  Browne,  J.  R.,  Resources  of 

the  Pacific  slope,  27. 
1869.  Browne,  J.  R.,  Sketch  of  the 

settlement  and  exploration  of 

Lower  California,  27. 
1869.  California  Pioneers,  Nine' 

teenth  anniversary,  37. 
1869.  [Caton,  A.  Z.],  One  of  the 

cunning  men  of  San  Francisco,  45. 
1869.  Davidson,  G.,  Pacific  coast. 

Coast  pilot,  63. 
1869.  Linen,  J.,  The  Golden  Gate, 

142. 
1869.  Milton,  W.  F.,  History  of  the 

San  Juan  water  boundary  ques' 

tion,  154. 

1869.  Shuck,  O.  T.,  California  scrap' 
book,  213. 

1870.  Draper,  S.,  Voyage  of  the  bark 
Orion,  73. 

1870.  Gray,  W.  H.,  History  of  Ore' 

gon,  99. 
1870.  Parsons,  G.  F.,  Life  and  ad' 

ventures  of  James  W.  Marshall, 

173- 
1870.  Shuck,  O.  T.,  Representative 

and  leading  men  of  the  Pacific,  214. 
1870.  Speer,  W.,  Oldest  and  newest 
empire,  220. 


274 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1870.  Swift,  J.  R,  Robert  Great' 

house,  225. 
1870.  Victor,  F.  R,  River  of  the 

west,  239. 
[1870.]  Vischer,R,  Pictorial  of  Cali' 

fornia,  241. 
1870.  Wallace,).,  Sketch  of  the  life 

of  E.  D.  Baker,  243. 

1870.  Waterston,  R.  C.,  Letter  writ' 
ten  from  San  Francisco,  244. 

1871.  Barnes,  W.  H.  L,  Solid  silver, 
12. 

1871.  Buynitsky,  S.  N.,  English' 
Aleutian  vocabulary,  32. 

1871.  Diets,  A.  P.,  List  of  books,  68. 

1871.  Fair  trial,  Official  report  of,  8 1 . 

1871.  Gleeson,  W.,  History  of  the 
Catholic  church  in  California,  97. 

1871.  Hall,  F.,  History  of  San  Jose, 

IO2. 

[1871.]  Harte,  F.  B.,  Fac'simile  of  the 

original  manuscript  of  the  Hea' 

then  Chinee,  104. 
1871.  [Phelps,  W.  D.],  Fore  and  aft, 

177. 
1871.  Pumpelly,  R.,  Across  America 

and  Asia,  183. 
1871.  Ridge,  J.  R.,  Life  and  adven' 

tures  of  Joaquin  Murieta,  191. 
1871.  Schlagintweit,  R.  von,  Cali' 

fornien,  208. 

1871.  Wilder,  M.  P.,  California,  248. 

1872.  Bates,  J.  C.,  Report  on  Horace 
Hawes  will  litigation,  13. 

1872.  Bausman,  W.,  Early  Califor' 

nia ;  a  drama,  14. 
1872.  Edwin  Booth  in  twelve  dra' 

matic  characters,  22. 
1872.  Clemens,  S.  L,  Roughing  it,49. 


1872.  Davis,  H.,  Record  of  Japanese 

vessels,  63. 
1872.  Frowd,  J.  G.  P.,  Six  months  in 

California,  93. 
1872.  King,  C.,  Mountaineering  in 

the  Sierra  Nevada,  130. 
1872.  Kneeland,  S.,  Wonders  of  the 

Yosemite  valley,  131. 
1872.  McClellan,  R.  G.,  The  golden 

state,  146. 
1872.  Northwestern  American 

boundary,  Papers  relating  to,  163. 
1872.  Poole,  F.  C.  E,  Queen  Char- 
lotte island,  180. 
1872.  Powers,  S.,  Afoot  and  alone, 

181. 
1872.  Price,  J.,  and  Haley,  C.,  The 

buyer's  manual,  182. 

1872.  Yelverton,  Z.,  Zanita,  255. 

1873.  Barry,T.  A.,  and  Patten,  B.  A., 
Men  and  memories,  13. 

1873.  Buckskin  Mose;  or,  life  from 
the  lakes  to  the  Pacific,  28. 

1873.  Evans,  A.  S.,  A  la  California, 
80. 

1873.  Fair,  Laura  D.,  Wolves  in  the 
fold,  81. 

1873.  [Lawrence,  G.  A.],  Silverland, 

137- 
1873.  Lester,  J.  E.,  Yo'Semite,  139. 

1873.  Menefee,  C.  A,  Historical  and 

descriptive  sketch  book,  152. 
1873.  Miller,  C.  H.,  Life  amongst 

the  Modocs,  154. 
1873.  Modoc  war,  155. 
1873.  Mortimer,  C.,  Life  and  career 

of,  157. 
[1873.]  Northwestern  American 

boundary,  163. 


275 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1873.  [Odeneal,  T.  B.],  Modoc  war, 

164. 
1873.  West,  H.  J.,  Chinese  invasion, 

246. 

1873.  Williams,  J.,  Life  and  adven- 
tures of,  250. 

1874.  California  Pioneers,  Festival, 
36. 

[1874.]  California  Pioneers,  First 

Steamship  Pioneers,  37. 
1874.  California  Pioneers,  Twenty 

fourth  anniversary,  38. 
1874.  Cox,P.,SquibsofCalifornia,59. 
1874.  Doyle,  J.  T.,  Memorandum  as 

to  the  discovery  of  the  bay  of 

San  Francisco,  71. 
[1874.]  [Elliott,  G.  H.],  Presidio  of 

San  Francisco,  77. 
1874.  Glisan,  R.,  Journal  of  army 

life,  97. 

1874.  Lick  deed  of  trust,  141. 
1874.  Nordhoff,  C.,  California,  162. 
1874.  Paloii,  F.,  Noticias  de  la  Nueva 

California,  170. 
1874.  Pratt,  P.  P.,  Autobiography  of, 

182. 
1874.  Reglamento  para  el  gobierno, 

187. 
1874.  Ridge,  J.  R.,  Life  of  Joaquin 

Murieta,  and  career  of  Tiburcio 

Vasquez,,  191. 
1874.  San  Diego,  CaL,  Descriptive, 

198. 
1874.  San  Francisco  churches,  First 

Congregational  church.  "  Silver 

wedding,"  205. 
1874.  Scammon,  C.  M.,  Marine 

mammals  of  the  northwestern 

coast  of  North  America,  208. 


1874.  Steele,  R.  G.,  Dell  Dart,  221. 

1874.  Truman,  B.  C.,  Life,  adven- 
tures  and  capture  of  Tiburcio 
Vasquez;,  233. 

[1875.]  Beers,  G.  A,  Vasquez;,  15. 

1875.  California  Pioneers,  Associ- 
ated Pioneers  of  the  territorial 
days,  36. 

1875.  Carr,  E.  S.,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry on  the  Pacific  coast,  41. 

1875.  Hughes,  E.,  California  of  the 
Padres,  115. 

1875.  Le  Conte,  Joseph,  Journal  of 
ramblings,  137. 

1875.  Meacham,  A.  B.,  Wigwam 
and  war-path,  151. 

1875.  Pacific  coast  pulpit,  167. 

1875.  Peters,  D.  C.,  Kit  Carson's  life 
and  adventures,  176. 

1875.  Ralston,  W.  C.,  Memorial  of 
184. 

[1875.]  Sawyer,  E.T.,  Life  and  career 
of  Tiburcio  Vasquez;,  207. 

1875.  Seward,  G.  F.,  California, 
209. 

1875.  Sherman,  W.  T.,  Memoirs  of, 
212. 

1876.  Cone,  M.,  Two  years  in  Cali- 
fornia, 53. 

1876.  Fisher,  W.  M.,  The  Califor- 
nians,  86. 

1876.  Graham,  M.,  Historical  remi- 
niscences, 99. 

1876.  Gunn,  D.,  Historical  sketch  of 
San  Diego,  101. 

1876.  Halley,  W.,  Centennial  year 
book  of  Alameda  county,  103. 

1876.  Lloyd,  B.  E.,  Lights  and  shades 
of  San  Francisco,  142. 


276 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1876.  Los  Angeles,  CaL,  Historical 
sketch  of,  143. 

1876.  Pollock,  E.,  Poems,  180. 

1876.  Powell,  J.J.,  Nevada,  181. 

1876.  Rhodes, W.H.,Caxton's  book, 
190. 

1876.  Sutro  tunnel  company,  225. 

1876.  Swett,  J.,  History  of  the  public 
school  system  of  California,  225. 

1876.  TuUidge,  E.  W.,  Life  of  Brig- 
ham  Young,  234. 

1876.  Willey,  S.  H.,  Historical  paper 
relating  to  Santa  Cruz,  CaL,  250. 

1 876.  Wright,  W.,  History  of  the  big 
bonanza,  253. 

1877.  Anderson,  A.  D.,  The  silver 
country,  5. 

1877.  Bowers,  A,  Dance  of  life,  23. 

1877.  Brooks,  B.  S.,  Appendix  to 
opening  statement  and  brief  on 
Chinese  question,  24. 

1877.  California  Pioneers,  First  an- 
nual of  the  Territorial  Pioneers, 
36. 

1877.  Goodyear,  W.  A.,  Coal  mines 
of  the  western  coast,  98. 

1877.  Hardie,  J.  A.,  Memoir  of,  103. 

1877.  Herman,  W.,  Dance  of  death, 
107. 

1877.  Lee,  J.  D.,  Mormonism  un- 
veiled, 138. 

1877.  Mendell,  G.  H.,  Report .  .  . 
water  supply  of  San  Francisco,  152. 

1877.  Mountain  Meadows  massacre, 
158. 

1877.  Nordhoff,  C.,  Northern  Cali- 
fornia, Oregon,  and  Sandwich 
islands,  162. 

1877.  Our  centennial  memoir,  166. 


1877.  Powers,  S.,  Tribes  of  Califor- 
nia, 181. 

1877.  Sedgley,  J.,  Overland  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1849,  2°9- 

1877.  Stillman,  J.  B.  D.,  Seeking  the 
golden  fleece,  221. 

1878.  Apponyi,  F.  H.,  Libraries  of 
California,  7. 

1878.  Blanchet,  F.  N.,  Historical 

sketches  of  the  Catholic  church 

in  Oregon,  20. 
1878.  Clark,  J.  F.,  Society  in  search 

of  truth,  48. 
1878.  Cooke,  P.  St.  G.,  Conquest  of 

New  Mexico  and  California,  55. 
1878.  Hart,  F.  H.,  The  Sazerac  lying 

club,  104. 
1878.  Hinton,  R.  J.,  Hand-book  to 

Arizona,  109. 
1878.  Hittell,  J.  S.,  History  of  the 

city  of  San  Francisco,  in. 
1878.  Hotchkiss,  C.  F.,  On  the  ebb, 

114. 
[1878.]  [Kearney,  Denis],  Denis 

Kearney  and  his  relations  to  the 

Workingmens  party,  127. 
1878.  Kearney,  Dennis,  Speeches, 

127. 
1878.  Lamson,  J.,  Round  Cape  Horn, 

134- 

[1878.]  McCue,J.,Twenty-one  years 
in  California,  146. 

[1878.]  McGarrahan,  W.,  History 
of  the  McGarrahan  claim,  147. 

1878.  Marcou,  J.,  Notes  upon  the 
first  discoveries  of  California, 
150. 

1878.  Quigley,  H.,  Irish  race  in  Cali- 
fornia, 183. 


277 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1878.  San  Francisco,  Gal,  School 
scandal  of,  204. 

1878.  Upham,  S.  C.,  Notes  of  a  voy- 
age to  California,  235. 

1878.  Wakeman,  E.,  Log  of  an  an- 
cient  mariner,  242. 

1878.  Woods,  J.,  Recollections  of 
pioneer  work,  253. 

[1879.]  Dornin,  G.  D.,  Thirty  years 
ago,  71. 

1879.  George,  H.,  Progress  and  Pov- 
erty, 95. 

1879.  Gruber,  R,  Illustrated  guide 

and  catalogue  of  Woodward's 

gardens,  101. 
[1879.]  Kalloch,  I.  S.,  A  faint  idea  of 

a  terrible  life,  126. 
[1879.]  McGlashan,  C.  F.,  History 

of  the  Dormer  party,  148. 
1879.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Full  and 

complete  statement  of ...  the 

Dupont  street  frauds,  200. 
1879.  Wheeler,  G.  M.,  Report,  246. 
1879.  Willey,  S.  H.,  Thirty  years  in 

California,  250. 

1879.  Williams,  A.,  Pioneer  pastor- 
ate, 250. 

[1880.]  Bunnell,  L.  H.,  Discovery  of 
the  Yosemite,  29. 

1880.  Burnett,  P.  H.,  Recollections 
and  opinions,  30. 

1880.  [Densmore,G.  B.1,  Description 

of  Chinese  life  in  San  Francisco,66. 
[1880.]  Dewey,  S.  P.,  Bonanza  mines 

and  bonanza  kings,  68. 
1880.  Dooner,  P.  W.,  Last  days  of 

the  republic,  70. 
1880.  Doyle,  J.  T.,  Some  account  of 

the  Pious  fund,  71. 


[1880.]  Field,  S.  J.,  Personal  reminis- 
cences, 84. 

1880  [-1895].  Fletcher, R.H.,  Annals 
of  the  Bohemian  club,  87. 

[1880.]  tide,  S.],  Scraps  of  Califor- 
nia history,  118. 

[1880.]  Ide,  W.  B.,  Who  conquered 
California?  118. 

1880.  Matthews,  M.  M.,  Ten  years 
in  Nevada,  151. 

1880.  Shuck,  O.  T.,  California  an- 
thology, 213. 

[1880.]  Taylor,  E.  R.,  Memorial 
against  the  Stratton  survey,  226. 

1880.  Tinkham,  G.  H.,  History  of 
Stockton,  231. 

1 88 1.  [Angel,  M.],  History  of  Ne- 
vada, 5. 

1 88 1.  Bell,  H.,  Reminiscences  of  a 
ranger,  16. 

1 88 1.  Coolbrith,  I.  D.,  A  perfect 
day  55. 

1881.  De  Rupert,  A.  E.  D.,  Califor- 
nians  and  Mormons,  67. 

1 88 1 .  Field,  S.  J.,  Some  reminiscences, 
85. 

1881.  "The  last  spike,"  136. 

1 88 1 .  Lucy-Fossarieu,  P.,  Les  langues 
indiennes  de  la  Californie,  144. 

1881.  McDonald,  F.  V.,  Notes  pre- 
paratory to  a  biography  of  R.  H. 
McDonald,  147. 

1 88 1.  Montgomery,  2.,  The  Schro- 
der trial,  156. 

1 88 1.  O'Meara,  J.,  Broderick  and 
Gwin,  165. 

1 88 1.  Seward,  G.  F.,  Chinese  immi- 
gration, 209. 

1 88 1 .  Spurr,  G.  C.,  Land  of  gold,  220. 


278 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1 88 1.  Truman,  B.  G,  Occidental 

sketches,  233. 
1 88 1.  Tyler,  D.,  Concise  history  of 

the  Mormon  battalion,  234. 

1881.  [White,  W.  F.1,  Picture  of 
pioneer  times  in  California,  247. 

1882  [-1891].  Bancroft,  H.  H., 
Works,  ii. 

1 882.  Carrasco  y  Guisasola, F.,Dooi' 
mentos  referentes  al  reconoci' 
miento,  41. 

1882.  Clark,  F.  D.,  First  regiment  of 
New  York  volunteers,  47. 

1882.  Hittell,  J.  S.,  Commerce  and 
industries  of  the  Pacific  coast,  no. 

1882.  Phelps,  A.,  Contemporary  bi- 
ography, 177. 

1883.  Bland,  T.  A.  Life  of  Alfred  B. 
Meacham,  together  with  his  lec- 
ture,  The  tragedy  of  the  lava  beds, 
20. 

1883.  Davis,  A.M.,  Journey  of  Mon- 

cacht-Ape,  63. 

1883.  Eells,M.,MarcusWhitman,76. 
1883.  Ford,  H.  C.,  Etchings  of  the 

Franciscan  missions,  88. 
1883.  Gridley,  Reuel  Colt,  A  tribute 

to  the  memory  of,  101. 
1883.  Hopkins,  S.  W.,  Life  among 

the  Piutes,  114. 
1883.  [McCall,  A.  J.],  Pick  and  pan, 

146. 
1883.  San  Francisco  churches,  "The 

retrospect."  Thirty  years  history 

of  Howard  street  M.  E.  church, 

205. 

1883.  Sill,  E.  R.,  Venus  of  Milo,  215. 
1883.  Smith,  F.  M.,  San  Francisco 

Vigilance  committee  of '56,  218. 


1884.  Arizona,  History  of,  7. 
1884.  Baker,  S.  W.  True  tales,  9. 
1884.  Barrows,  W.,  Oregon,  13. 
1884.  Catalogue  of  the  loan  book 

exhibition,  44. 
1884.  Levy,  D.,  Les  Francais  en  Call' 

fornie,  140. 
1884.  Redwood  and  lumbering  in 

California,  186. 
1884.  Sanderson,).,  Ocean  cruise  of 

Pacific  yacht  club,  207. 
1884.  Stevenson,  R.  L.,  Silverado 

squatters,  221. 

1884.  [Truesdell,  A.],  California  pil- 
grimage, 233. 
1884.  Truman,  B.  C.,  Field  of  honor, 

2-33. 

1884.  White,  R.  E.,  Padre  Junipero 
Serra,  247. 

1885.  Farwell,  W.  B.,  Chinese  at 
home  and  abroad,  83. 

1885  [-1897].  Hittell,  T.  H.,  History 

of  California,  112. 
1885.  Jackson,  H.  H.,  Ramona,  119. 
1885.  Loyal,  C.,  Squatter  and  the 

don,  144. 
1885.  Malaspina,  D.  A,  Vuelta  al 

mundo,  149. 

1885.  Shinn,C.H.,Miningcamps,2i2. 

1886.  Bigham,  R.  W.,  California 
gold-field  scenes,  18. 

[1886.]  Brown,  J.  H.,  Reminiscences 
and  incidents,  26. 

1886.  Davis,  S.,  Short  stories,  64. 

[1886.]  History  of  the  joint  anniver- 
sary celebration  at  Monterey, 
CaL,  no. 

1886.  Hutchings,  J.  M.,  In  the  heart 
of  the  Sierras,  117. 


279 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1886.  Kirchhoff,  T.,  Calif ornische 

Kulturbilder,  131. 
1886.  O'Keefe,  J.  J.,  Mission  of  Santa 

Barbara,  165. 

1886.  Royce,  J.,  California,  196. 
[1886.]  Shuck,  O.T.,  John  G.  Dow- 
ney, 214. 
1886.  Simmons,  J.  C.,  The  history 

of  Southern  Methodism  on  the 

Pacific  coast,  215. 
1886.  Stevenson,  J.D.,  Memorial  and 

petition  of,  2,21. 
1886.  Van  Dyke,  T.  S.,  Southern 

California,  236. 

1886.  Ward,  W.  H.,  Records  of 
members  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  243. 

[1887.]  Bristol,  S.,  Pioneer  preacher, 
24. 

1887.  California  Historical  society, 
Papers,  35. 

1887.  Fremont,  J.  C.  and  J.  B.,  Mem' 

oirs  of  my  life,  91. 
1887.  Gunn,  D.,  Picturesque  San 

Diego,  1 02. 
1887.  Hunter,  G.,  Reminiscences  of 

an  old  timer,  116. 
[1887.]  Hutchings,J.M.,The  miners1 

ten  commandments,  117. 
[1887.]  Leland  Stanford  Junior  uni- 

versity,  Laying  the  corner-stone, 

138-  ' 

1887.  Norton,  L.  A.,  Life  and  adven- 
tures  of,  164. 

1887.  [O'Meara,  J.1,  Vigilance  com- 
mittee of  1856, 165. 

[1887.]  Sill,  E.  R.,  Memorial,  215. 

1887.  Sutro,  T.,  Sutro  tunnel,  224. 

[1887.]  Thayer,E.  H.,Wild  flowers 
of  the  Pacific  coast,  228. 


[1888.]  Alaska  Commercial  com- 
pany, Reply  to  charges,  2. 

1888.  California  three  hundred  and 
fifty  years  ago,  39. 

1888.  Ferguson,  C.  D.,  Experiences 
of  a  forty-niner,  84. 

1888.  Harlan,  J.  W.,  California,  '46 
to  '88, 103. 

1888.  Kenderdine,  T.  S.,  California 
tramp,  130. 

1888.  Lindley,W.,andWidney,J.R, 
California  of  the  south,  142. 

1888  [-1891].  Muir,  J.,  Picturesque 
California,  159. 

1888.  Sullivan,  G.  W.,  Early  days  of 
California,  224. 

1889.  California  State  Normal 
school,  Historical  sketch  of,  39. 

1889.  Davis,  W.  H.,  Sixty  years  in 

California,  64. 

[1889.]  Field-Terry  controversy,  85. 
[1889.]  Jessop,  G.  H.,  Judge  Lynch, 

121. 
1889.  Lambourne,  A.,  Pacific  coast 

sketches,  134. 
1889.  Mulford,  P.,  Prentice  Mul- 

ford's  story,  159. 

1 889.  Steele, J., Old  Californian  days, 
220. 

1890.  Davidson,  G.,  Identification  of 
Sir  Francis  Drake's  anchorage, 
62. 

1890.  Edwards,  P.  L.,  California  in 

1837, 76. 
1890.  France,  G.  W.,  Struggles  for 

life  and  home  in  the  north-west, 

89. 

1890.  Haskins,  C.  W.,  Argonauts  of 
California,  104. 


280 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1890.  Jones,D.W.,Fortyyearsamong 

the  Indians,  123. 
1890.  Langford,N.  P.,  Vigilante  days 

and  ways,  134. 
1890.  Orton,  R.  H.,  Records  of  Gal' 

ifornia  men  in  the  Rebellion,  166. 

1890.  Webb,  W.  S.,  California  and 
Alaska,  244. 

1891.  Bancroft,  H.  H.,  Chronicles  of 
the  builders,  10. 

1891.  Bancroft,  H.  H.,  Literary  in' 

dustries,  10. 
1891.  [Berry,  J.  J.],  Life  of  David 

Belden,  17. 
1891.  Blackmar,  F.  W.,  Spanish  insti' 

tutions  of  the  southwest,  19. 
1891.  Builders  of  a  great  city,  28. 
1891.  Carr,  J.,  Pioneer  days  in  Cal- 
ifornia, 41. 
1891.  Griffin,  G.  B.,  Documents  from 

the  Sutro  collection,  101. 
1891.  Robinson,  A.,  Life  in  Call' 

fornia,  193. 
1891.  Swasey,  W.  F.,  Early  days  and 

men  of  California,  225. 

1891.  Warner,  C.  D.,  Our  Italy, 
244. 

[1892.]  Aron,  J.,  History  of  a  great 
work,  7. 

1892.  Brown,  J.  H.,  Political  history 
of  Oregon,  25. 

1 892.  Caballeria  y  Collell,  J.,  History 

of  the  city  of  Santa  Barbara,  32. 
1892.  Clemens, W.M.,  Mark  Twain, 

50. 
1892.  Johnston,  W.  G.,  Experience 

of  a  forty-niner,  122. 
1892.  Kip,  W.  L,  Early  days  of  my 

episcopate,  131. 


1892.  Lewis  publishing  company, 
Bay  of  San  Francisco,  141. 

1892.  Pilling,  J.  C.,  Bibliography  of 
the  Athapascan  languages,  178. 

1892.  Thomes,  W.  H.,  On  land  and 
sea,  228. 

1892.  Wagstaff,  A.  E.,  Life  of  David 
S.  Terry,  242. 

1893.  Barra,  E.  I.,  A  tale  of  two 
oceans,  12. 

1893.  California  books,  34. 

[1893.]  Cummins,  E.  S.,  Story  of  the 
files,  61. 

1893.  Davis,  W.  J.,  History  of  politi- 
cal conventions,  64. 

1893.  Downie,  W.,  Hunting  for 
gold,  71. 

1893.  Drake,  C.  M.,  California 
names,  72. 

1893.  Field,  S.  J.,  Personal  reminis- 
cences, 85. 

1893.  Hittell,  J.  S.,  Marshall's  gold 
discovery,  in. 

1893.  Hittell,  T.  H.,  George  Bancroft 
and  his  services  to  California,  112. 

[1893.]  Lyons,  T.  J.,  Timothy  H. 
Rearden ;  a  memoir,  146. 

[1893.]  Maxwell,  H.,  Evans  and 
Sontag,  151. 

1893.  Masa,  F.  F.,  Codigo  de  coloni- 
sation, 151. 

1893.  Pilling,  J.  C.,  Bibliography  of 
the  Chinookan  languages,  178. 

1893.  Pilling,}.  C.,  Bibliography  of 
the  Salishan  languages,  178. 

1893.  San  Francisco  Olympic  club, 
History  of,  206. 

1894.  Booth,  N.,  Speeches  and  ad- 
dresses, 22. 


281 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1894.  Brown,  J.  S.,  California  gold, 

25. 
1894.  California  Pioneers,  Misrepre' 

sentations  of  early  California  his- 

tory corrected,  37. 
1894  [-1895].  Illustrated  directory, 

118. 
1894.  Knower,  D.,  Adventures  of  a 

forty  -niner,  132. 
1894.  Leeper,  D.  R.,  Argonauts  of 

Yorty-nine,  138. 
1894.  Manly,  W.  L.,  Death  valley 

in  '49,  149. 
1894.  Filling,}.  C.,  Bibliography  of 

the  Wakashan  languages,  179. 
1894.  Robinson,  J.  R.,The  Octopus, 

194. 
1894.  San  Francisco  Midwinter  fair, 

Official  history  of,  206. 

1894.  Shuck,  O.  T.,  Official  roll  of 
city  and  county  of  San  Francisco, 
214. 

[1895.]  The  "City  guard."  A  his- 
tory, 47. 

1895.  Costello,  J.  A.,  The  Siwash,  57. 
1895.  Davis,  W.  J.,  History  of  the 

public  school  department  of  city 
of  Sacramento,  64. 
1895.  Holmes,  E.  K.,  Adolph  Sutro, 


1895.  James,  G.  W.,  Old  missions 

and  mission  Indians,  120. 
1895.  Jones,  W.  C.,  Illustrated  his- 

tory of  the  University  of  Cali- 

fornia, 123. 
[1895.]  Nixon,  O.  W.,  How  Marcus 

Whitman  saved  Oregon,  162. 
1895.  Reid,  H.  A.,  History  of  Pasa- 

dena, 187. 


1895.  Reports  of  the  grand  jury, 

189. 
1895.  Schoonover,  T.  J.,  Life  and 

times  of  John  A.  Sutter,  208. 
1895.  Stuart,  J.  A.,  My  roving  life, 

223. 

1895.  Tucker,  J.  C.,  To  the  golden 
goal,  234. 

1896.  Corney,  P.,  Voyages  in  the 
northern  Pacific,  55. 

1896.  Goldsmith,  O.,  Overland  in 
forty-nine,  98. 

1896.  Gold  stories  of  '49, 98. 

1896.  History  of  the  celebration  of 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  tak- 
ing possession  of  California,  109. 

[1896.]  Lynch,  J.,  With  Stevenson 
to  California,  145. 

1896.  Shaw,  R.  C.,  Across  the  plains 
in  forty-nine,  210. 

1896.  Thompson,  R.  A.,  Conquest 
of  California,  229. 

1 896.  Thompson,  R.  A.,  The  Russian 
settlement  in  California,  229. 

1896.  The  valley  road,  236. 

1897.  Engelhardt,  Z.,  Franciscans  in 
California,  79. 

1897.  Fitzgerald,  O.  P.,  California 
sketches,  87. 

1897.  Shuck,  O.  T.,  Historical  ab- 
stract of  San  Francisco,  213. 

[1898.]  Hall,  L.  J.  Around  the  Horn 
in  '49, 1 02. 

1898.  Kenderdine,  T.  S.,  California 
revisited,  129. 

1898.  Salpointe,  J.  B.,  Soldiers  of  the 
cross,  198. 

1899.  Engelhardt,  Z.,  Franciscans  in 
Arizona,  79. 


282 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1899.  Peixotto,  E.  D.,  Report  of  the 
trial  of  William  Henry  Theodore 
Durrant,  175. 

[1899.]  San  Francisco  churches, First 
Congregational  church.  The  gol' 
den  jublilee,  205. 

1900.  Bishop,  W.  H.,  Mexico,  Cal' 
lifornia  and  Arizona,  19. 

1900.  Carter,  C.  F.,  Missions  of 

Nueva  California,  43. 
1900.  Garces,  F.,  On  the  trail  of  a 

Spanish  pioneer,  94. 
1900.  George,  H.  Jr.,  Life  of  Henry 

George,  95. 
1900.  Munk,  J.  A.,  Bibliography  of 

Arizona,  160. 
1900.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Exempt 

fireman  of,  200. 
1900.  San  Francisco  churches, 

Chronicles  of  Emami'El,  204. 
1900.  San  Francisco  churches,  Fifty 

years  of  the  Unitarian  church  of 

San  Francisco,  205. 

1900.  Shaw,  D.  A.,  Eldorado,  210. 
[1900.]  The  Spanish  missions  of  Cal' 

ifornia,  219. 

1901.  Anthony,  C.  V.,  Fifty  years  of 
Methodism,  6. 

1901.  California  Pioneers,  Report  of 

the  historical  committee,  38. 
1901.  Davidson,  G.,  Tracks  and  land' 

falls  of  Bering  and  Chirikof,  63. 
[1901.]  Hudson,  W.  H.,  Famous  mis' 

sions  of  California,  115. 
1901.  Root,  F.  A.,  and  Connelly,  W. 

E.,  Overland  stage  to  California, 

195. 
1901.  Shuck,  O.  T.,  History  of  the 

bench  and  bar  of  California,  213. 


1901.  Willard,  C.  D.,  Herald's  his- 
tory of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  249. 

1901.  Willey,  S.  H.,  The  transition 
period  of  California,  250. 

1902.  Atherton,  G.  Splendid  idle 
forties,  8. 

1902.  Blake,  E.  I.,  San  Francisco,  19. 
[1902.]  CaballeriatyCollell], ^His- 
tory of  San  Bernardino  valley,  32. 
1902.  Davis,  J.  F.,  Historical  sketch 

of  the  mining  law  of  California^. 
1902.  Jackson,  H.  H.,  Glimpses  of 

California,  119. 
1902.  James,  G.  W.,  Indian  basketry, 

1 20. 
[1902.]  Keith,  E.  D.,  Report  of  His' 

torical  Landmarks  committee,  127. 
1902.  Linn,  W.  A.,  History  of  the 

Mormons,  142. 
1902.  Sexton,  E.  M.,  Stories  of  Cal' 

ifornia,  209. 
1902.  Stoddard,  C.  W.,  In  the  foot' 

prints  of  the  Padres,  222. 
1902.  Villasefior,A.,Reclamaciones, 

240. 

1902.  Wilson,  O.  G.,  My  adventures 
in  the  Sierras,  251. 

1903.  Davidson,  G.,  The  Alaska 
boundary,  62. 

1903.  Le  Conte,  J.,  Autobiography, 

137- 
1903.  Lyman,  H.  S.,  History  of  Ore- 

gon,  145. 
1903.  Macdonald  library,  List  of 

books  in,  147. 
1903.  Mosher,  L.  E.,  Stephen  M. 

White.  His  life  and  work,  158. 
1903.  Muir,  J.,  Our  national  parks, 

159. 


283 


CHRONOLOGICAL  INDEX 


1903.  Pious  fund  of  the  Californias. 
Reclamacion,  179. 

1904.  Behr,  H.  H.,  The  hoot  of  the 
owl,  15. 

1904.  Bibliography  relating  to  the 

geology,  palaeontology,  and  min- 

eral  resources  of  California,  18. 
[1904.]  Bosqui,  E.,  Memoirs,  22. 
1904.  Clark,  G.,  Indians  of  the  Yo' 

Semite  valley,  48. 
1904.  Clinch,  B.  J.,  California  and 

its  missions,  50. 
1904.  Dickinson,  L.,  Reminiscences 

of  a  trip  across  the  plains  in  1846, 

68. 
1904.  Parish,  T.  E.,  Gold  hunters  of 

California,  82. 
1904.  Keim,  DeB.  R.,  Sherman,  127. 

1904.  Lenox,  E.  H.,  Overland  to  Ore- 
gon, 139. 

[1905.]  Burnham,  D.  H.,  Report  on  a 
plan  for  San  Francisco,  30. 

1905.  Chandler,  K.,  List  of  California 
periodicals,  45. 


1905.  Healy,  P.  J.,  and  Ng  Poon 

Chew,  Statement  for  non-exchi' 

sion,  1 06. 
1905.  James,  G.  W.,  In  and  out  of 

the  old  missions,  120. 
1905.  Riordan,  J.  W.,  The  first  half 

century,  192. 
1909.  Cowan,  R.  E.,  and  Dunlap,  B., 

Bibliography  of  the  Chinese  ques' 

tion,  58. 
[n.  d.]  Bennett,  N.,  The  queue  case, 

16. 
[n.  d.]  Carter,  C.  F.,  Some  byways 

of  California,  43. 
[n.d.l  Coleman,W.T.,  Brief  account 

of  the  Safety  committee  of  1877, 

51- 

[n.  d.]  Early  Bohemia,  76. 
[n.d.]  History  of  a  great  work  and 

of  an  honest  miner,  109. 
[n.  d.]  McWhorter,  G.  C.,  Incident 

in  the  war  with  Mexico,  148. 
[n.  d.]  The  northwest  coast  of 

America,  163. 


284 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


About  grasshoppers  and  locusts  in 
California  and  the  world,  Taylor, 
225. 

Account  of  California  and  the  won' 
derful  gold  regions,  i. 

Account  of  the  aboriginal  inhabi' 
tants  of  Californian  peninsula, 
Rau,  185. 

Account  of  Russian  discoveries  be- 
tween Asia  and  America,Coxe,  59. 

Across  America  and  Asia,  Pum- 
pelly,  183. 

Across  the  continent,  Bowles,  23. 

Across  the  plains  in  forty-nine, 
Shaw,  210. 

Adam,  George,  Beschke,  17. 

Adams,  James  Capen,  adventures  of, 
Hittell,  112. 

Address  on  the  acquisition  of  Cali- 
fornia, Dwinelle,  California  Pio- 
neers, 35. 

Address  on  the  history  of  Califor- 
nia, Randolph,  184. 

Address  to  the  inhabitants  of  New 
Mexico  and  California,  Burnett, 
29. 

Address  to  the  "  Pacific  pioneers," 
Perkins,  176. 

Admission  of  California,  Smith,  218. 

Adventures  in  California  and  Nica- 
ragua, Wight,  248. 

Adventures  of  the  first  settlers  on 
the  Oregon  or  Columbia  river, 
Ross,  195. 


Adventures  of  a  forty-niner,  Know- 

er,  132. 
Adventures  of  James  Capen  Adams, 

Hittell,  112. 
Adventures  on  the  Columbia  river, 

Cox,  59. 
Adventures  on  the  western  coast 

of  South  America  and  the  inte- 
rior of  California,  Coulter,  57. 
Afoot  and  alone,  Powers,  181. 
A  la  California,  Evans,  80. 
Alameda  county,  Cal.,  history  of, 

Halley,  103. 
Alarcon,  Hernando  de,  Instruccion 

en  la  expedicion  a  la  California, 

Smith,  217. 

Alaska  boundary,  Davidson,  62. 
Alaska,  history  of,  Bancroft,  n. 
Aleutian-English  vocabulary,  Buy- 

nitsky,  32. 

Almanac,  early,  Oregon  City,  166. 
Alphabetical  vocabulary  of  Chinook 

language,  Gibbs,  96. 
Alphabetical  vocabularies  of  Clal- 

lam  and  Lummi,  Gibbs,  96. 
American  Russian  company,  history 

of,  Tikhmenef,  230. 
Analysis  of  the  Chinese  question, 

Chinese  question,  46. 
Annals  of  the  Bohemian  club, 

Fletcher,  87. 
Annals  of  San  Francisco,  Soule, 

Gihon,  and  Nisbet,  219. 
Annals  of  Trinity  county,  Cox,  58. 


287 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


El  Apostol  Mariano  representado 
en  la  vida  de  Salvatierra,  Venegas, 


Appendix  to  opening  statement  and 

brief  on  the  Chinese  question, 

Brooks,  24. 
Archives  of  California,  letter  on, 

Waterston,  244. 
Archives  of  Upper  California,  di- 

gest  of  Mexican  laws  in,  Hopkins, 

114. 
Argonauts  of  California,  Raskins, 

104. 

Argonauts  of  forty-nine,  Leeper,  13  8. 
Arguments  of  Stanly  and  Park, 

Adams  6?  co.,  i. 
Arizona,  Hinton,  109. 
Arizona,  bibliography  of,  Munk, 

160. 

Arizona,  history  of,  7. 
Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  Ban- 

croft, ii. 

Arizona  and  Sonora,  Mo  wry,  158. 
Armes,  William  Dallam,  Le  Conte, 

137- 
Army  life  on  the  Pacific,  Kip,  130. 

Around  the  Horn  in  '49,  Hall,  102. 
Articles  of  incorporation,  mayor's 

message  and  ordinances  of  San 

Francisco,  San  Francisco,  199. 
Assassination  of  James  King  of 

Wm.,  True  and  minute  history, 

232. 
Associated  Pioneers  of  territorial 

days,  California  Pioneers,  36. 
Associated  Pioneers  of  territorial 

days  of  California,  Upham,  235. 
Astor  expedition,  Ross,  195. 
Astoria,  Irving,  119. 


Athapascan  languages,  bibliography 

of.  Pilling,  178. 
Aurifodina,  Peck,  175. 
Australian  and  Californian  gold 

discoveries,  Stirling,  222. 
Authentic  account  of  the  murder 

of  Dr.  Whitman,  Brouillet,  25. 
Autobiography  of  Joseph  Le  Conte, 

Le  Conte,  137. 
Autobiography  of  Parley  P.  Pratt, 

Pratt,  182. 
Ayuntamiento  or  town  council  of 

San  Francisco,  San  Francisco,  201. 
Baegert,  Jacob,  Account  of  aborigi' 

nal  inhabitants,  Rau,  185. 
Baker,  Edward  D.,  Life  of,  Wallace, 


Bancroft,  George,  services  of,  to 

California,  Hittell,  112. 
Bay  of  San  Francisco,  Lewis  pub- 

lishing company,  141. 
Bay  of  San  Francisco,  discovery  of, 

Doyle,  71. 
Beale,  E.  F.,  Journal  of  expedition, 

Heap,  107. 

Bear  Flag  party,  Ide,  118. 
Bellows,  Henry  W.,  Oration,  four- 

teenth anniversary  of  California 

pioneers,  California  Pioneers,  37. 
Bench  and  bar  of  California,  Shuck, 

213. 
Benicia,  earliest  printing  at,  Wood- 

bridge,  252. 
Bering  and  Chirikof  on  northwest 

coast  of  America,  Davidson,  63. 
Beschreibung  meiner  reise  nach 

dem  Goldminen,  Ballenstedt,  9. 
Beyond  the  Mississippi,  Richardson, 

190. 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Bibliography,  Arizona,  Hinton,  109. 
Bibliography,  Books  by  California 

writers,  California  books,  34. 
Bibliography,  Lees  collection  of  Cali- 

forniana,  Keith,  127. 
Bibliography,  Libraries  of  Califor' 

nia,  Apponyi,  7. 
Bibliography,  List  of  books  relating 

to  California,  Diets,  68. 
Bibliography,  List  of  California  peri' 

odicals,  Chandler,  45. 
Bibliography,  Literary  industries, 

Bancroft,  10. 
Bibliography,  Literature  of  Ameri' 

can  Indian  languages,  Ludewig, 

145- 

Bibliography,  Loan  book  exhibition 
at  University  of  California,  Cata' 
logue,44. 

Bibliography,  Macdonald  library, 
147. 

Bibliography,  The  silver  country, 
Anderson,  5. 

Bibliography,  Story  of  the  files, 
Cummins,  61. 

Bibliography  of  Arizona,  Munk,  160. 

Bibliography  of  the  Athapascan 
languages,  Pilling,  178. 

Bibliography  of  the  Chinese  ques- 
tion, Cowan  and  Dunlap,  58. 

Bibliography  of  the  Chinookan  Ian- 
guages,  Pilling,  178. 

Bibliography  of  the  Salishan  lan- 
guages, Pilling,  178. 

Bibliography  of  the  Wakashan  lan- 
guages, Pilling,  179. 

Biography  of  California,  Phelps,  177. 

Biography,  Builders  of  a  great  city, 
San  Francisco,  28. 


Bodega  y  Quadra,  Journal  of  a  voy- 
age in  1  775,  Barrington,  12. 

Bohemian  club  of  San  Francisco, 
Early  Bohemia,  76. 

Bonanza  mines  and  bonanza  kings  of 
California,  Dewey,  68. 

Book  needed  for  the  times,  Walton, 


Booth,  Newton,  Oration,  College  of 

California,  51. 
Borax  company  of  California,Report, 

Veatch,  237. 
Boscana,  Geronimo,  Chinigchinich, 

Robinson,  193. 
Brief  account  of  the  Safety  commit- 

tee of  1877,  Coleman,  51. 
Brief  statement  of  the  Limantour 

claim,  Hittell,  no. 
Briefe  eines  Deutschen  aus  Kalifor- 

nien,  Schwarz,  208. 
British  Columbia,  History  of,  Ban- 

croft, n. 
British  Columbia  and  Vancouver 

island,  Hazlitt,  106. 
British  Columbia  and  Vancouver 

island,  Pemberton,  175. 
Broderick  -Terry  duel,  CTMeara, 

165. 

Broderick  and  Gwin,  O'Meara,  165. 
Brown  &  Jingo,  Adventures  in  Cal- 

ifornia, 2. 
Browne,  J.  Ross,  Historical  address, 

California  Pioneers,  First  annual 

of,  36. 
"Bummer"  and  "Lazarus,"  Baker, 

True  tales,  9. 
Burch,  John  C.,  Biographical  sketch 

of  Theodore  D.  Judah,  California 

Pioneers,  First  annual  of,  36. 


289 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


"  Burgher,"  pseud.,  New  Almaden 

mine,  Randolph,  184. 
Buyer's  manual  and  business  guide, 

Price  and  Haley,  182. 
Cabrillo,  Juan  Rodriguez,  Relacion, 

6  diario,  Smith,  217. 
Cabrillo,  voyage  of,  Engel,  78. 
Cabrillo,  voyage  of,  Taylor,  226. 
Cabrillo,  voyage  of,  Wheeler,  246. 
Caesarian  operation,  Hodges  vs. 

Cooper,  Proceedings,  182. 
California,  a  lecture,  Seward,  G.  F., 

209. 

California,  Wilder,  248. 
California:  a  sermon,  Johnson,  122. 
California,  History  of,  Bancroft,  n. 
California,  Speech  on  admission  of, 

Seward,  W.  H.,  209. 
California  and  its  gold  mines,  All' 

sop,  3. 
California  and  its  gold  regions,  Rob' 

inson,  193. 
California  and  its  missions,  Clinch, 

50. 
California  and  its  resources,  Seyd, 

210. 

California  anthology,  Shuck,  213. 
California  as  it  is,  Wiersbicki,  248. 
California  as  I  saw  it,  M'Collum, 

146. 

California  as  she  was,  Benton,  16. 
California  characters,  and  mining 

scenes  and  sketches,  Williston, 

251. 
"  California,"  earliest  reference  to 

the  name,  Montalvo,  1 56. 
California :  for  health,  pleasure  and 

residence,  Nordhoff,  162. 
California,  '46  to  '88,  Harlan,  103. 


California,  from  its  discovery,  Kells, 

129. 
California  from  the  conquest  in  1 846, 

Royce,  196. 
California  gold,  history  of  the  first 

find,  Brown,  25. 
California  gold'field  scenes,  Bigham, 

18. 
California:  her  wealth  and  resources, 

Sherwood,  212. 

"  California  hundred,"  Morison,  1 57. 
California  hundred,  Rogers,  194. 
California  illustrated,  Letts,  140. 
California  in  1837,  Edwards,  76. 
California  in  1843,  '44  and  '45, 

Thomes,  228. 
California,  in'doors  and  out,  Farn' 

ham,  82. 

California  inter  pocula,  Bancroft,  1 1. 
California ;  its  characteristics  and 

prospects,  Bushnell,  31. 
California :  its  gold  and  its  inhabi' 

tants,  Huntley,  117. 
California:  its  history,  Hughes,  115. 
California  land  claims,T hornton,23o. 
California  land  titles.  Hart  vs.  Bur' 

nett,  Shaw,  211. 

California  lifeillustrated,Taylor,227. 
California  men  in  the  Rebellion,  ReC' 

ords  of,  Orton,  166. 
California  Midwinter  international 

exposition,  Official  history.  San 

Francisco  Midwinter  fair,  206. 
California  names  and  their  literal 

meanings,  Drake,  72. 
California  of  the  Padres,  Hughes, 

115. 
California  of  the  south,  Lindley  and 

Widney,  142. 


290 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


California,  origin  of  name,  Marcou, 

150. 

California  pastoral,  Bancroft,  n. 
The  California  pilgrim,  Benton,  16. 
California  pilgrimage, Truesdell,  233. 
"  California  Pioneers,"  first  piece  of 

music  published  in  California, 

Richter,  190. 

California  revisited,  Kenderdine,  129. 
California  scrap'book,  Shuck,  213. 
California  silk  grower's  manual,  Pre' 

vost,  182. 

California  sketches,  Fitzgerald,  87. 
California  sketches  and  recollec' 

tions,  Kip,  131. 
California  tramp  and  later  foot' 

prints,  Kenderdine,  130. 
California  verse,  Outcroppings,  167. 
California  views,  Kiichel  and  Dresel, 

133- 
California  writers,  selections  from, 

Shuck,  213. 
California :  the  wonder  of  the  age, 

King,  130. 

California  and  Alaska,  Webb,  244. 
California  and  India  in  romantic 

aspects,  Palmer,  168. 
California  and  Oregon,  Johnson, 

122. 

California  and  Oregon  trail,  Park' 

man,  173. 
Californian  mercantile  journal  for 

1860,  Gaslay,  94. 
Californian  writers  and  literature, 

Cummins,  61. 

The  Californians,  Fisher,  86. 
Californians  and  Mormons,  De 

pert,  67. 
La  Californie,  Mithouard,  155. 


La  Californie  devoilee,  Treny,  232. 
Californie  et  des  cotes  de  Tocean 

Pacifique,  Thornton,  230. 
Californie  histoire,  Frignet,  92. 
Californie  et  les  routes  interocea' 

niques,  Holinski,  113. 
Californien,  Riihl,  196. 
Californien,  Wimmel,  251. 
Californien  und  das  Goldfieber, 

Zimmermann,  255. 
Californien  und  seine  Verhaltnisse, 

Osswald,  1 66. 
Californische  Kulturbilder,  Kirch' 

hoff,  131. 
Californien.  Land  und  Leute,  Schk' 

gintweit,  208. 
Campagne  de  circumnavigation  de 

la  fregate  L'Artemise^place,  136. 
Canal  de  Haro  boundary  line, 

Northwestern  American  bound' 

ary,  163. 

Canoe  and  saddle,  Winthrop,  252. 
Cantell  A.  Bigly,  pseud.,  Peck,  175. 
Captain  Gray's  company,  Duniway, 

75- 
Captivity  of  the  Oatman  girls, 

Stratton,  223. 
Capture  of  Sonoma  by  Bear  Flag 

men,  Thompson,  229. 
Career  of  Tiburcio  Vasques,  Ridge, 

191. 

Cariboo,  Haslitt,  106. 
Carmelo  mission,  White,  247. 
Carson,  Christopher,  Peters,  176. 
Carta  del  P.  Fernando  Consag,  Con' 

sag,  53. 

Carta  pastoral,  Diego,  68. 
Carta  sobre  la  vida  y  virtudes  de 

Fernando  Consag,  Zevallos,  255. 


291 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Casey  and  Cora,  execution  of,  Far' 

go,  82. 
Catholic  church  in  California,  His' 

tory  of,  Gleeson,  97. 
Catholic  church  in  Oregon,  Blan' 

chet,  20. 

Caxton's  book,  Rhodes,  190. 
Celebrated  jumping  frog  of  Calave' 

ras,  Clemens,  49. 
Celebration  of  fiftieth  anniversary 

of  taking  of  California,  History 

of,  109. 
Celebration  of  fortieth  anniversary 

of  taking  of  California,  History 

of,  no. 
Centennial  year  book  of  Alameda 

county,  Cal.,  Halley,  103. 
Central  route  to  the  Pacific,  Heap, 

107. 
Character  and  career  of  Stephen  J. 

Field,  Field'Terry  controversy,  85. 
Charts  of  bays  of  San  Francisco 

and  San  Pablo,  Ringgold,  191. 
China  and  California,  Speer,  220. 
China  and  the  United  States,  Speer, 

220. 
Chinese  at  home  and  abroad,  Far' 

well,  83. 

Chinese  immigration,  Seward,  209. 
Chinese  immigration,  Stout,  223. 
Chinese  in  California,  Speer,  219, 

220. 

Chinese  invasion,  West,  246. 
Chinese  life  in  San  Francisco,  Dens' 

more,  66. 
Chinese  object  to  message  of  gover' 

nor.  Remarks,  188. 
Chinese  question,  Bibliography  of, 

Cowan  and  Dunlap,  58. 


Chinese  question,  Healy  and  Ng 

Poon  Chew,  106. 
Chinigchinich ;  historical  account 

of  Indians  of  San  Juan  Capistrano 

mission,  Robinson,  193. 
Chinook  jargon,  Palmer,  168. 
Chinook  jargon,  Dictionary  of,  Blan' 

chet,  19. 

Chinook  language,  Gibbs,  96. 
Chinookan  languages,  Bibliography 

of,  Pilling,  178. 
Chronicles  of  Emanu'El,  San  Fran' 

cisco  churches,  204. 
Chronicles  of  the  builders,  Bancroft, 

10. 
Chronological  history  of  north'east' 

ern  voyages  of  discovery,  Burney, 

30. 
Chronological  history  of  voyages 

and  discoveries  in  the  South  sea, 

Burney,  30. 

City  of  the  saints,  Burton,  31. 
Claim  of  the  United  States  to  Ore' 

gon,  Oregon,  166. 
Clallam  and  Lummi  languages, 

Gibbs,  96. 
Clark,  Caroline  T.,  Reese'Clark  case, 

186. 
Clark,  William  H.,  Oration  at  seven' 

teenth  anniversary  of  California 

Pioneers,  38. 
Claude  Duval  of  California,  Joaquin, 

121. 
Coal  mines  of  the  western  coast  of 

the  United  States,  Goodyear,  98. 
Coast  pilot  of  California,  Oregon, 

and  Washington,  Davidson,  63. 
C6digo  de  colonization  de  la  repub' 

lica  Mexicana,  Maza,  151. 


292 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Cole's  war  with  ignorance  and  de' 

ceit,  Cole,  50. 
Coleccion  de  documentos  relativos 

de  California,  Castanares,  44. 
Coleccion  de  los  trabajos  de  la  junta, 

Junta  de  fomento,  124. 
Coleccion  de  varies  documentos  para 

la  historia  de  la  Florida,  Smith,  217. 
Colonial  history  of  the  city  of  San 

Francisco,  Dwinelle,  75. 
"  Collingwood  "  at  Monterey,  ac- 

count  of,  Walpole,  243. 
Commerce  and  industries  of  the  Pa" 

cific  coast,  Hittell,  no. 
Compafiia  Asiatica-Mexicana,  Junta 

de  fomento,  125, 126. 
Compafiia  cosmopolitana  de  la  Alta 

California,  Reglamento,  187. 
Comstock  lode,  Richthofen,  190. 
Comstock  lode,  Sutro,  224, 225. 
Comstock  lode,  history  of,  Wright, 

253- 
Concise  history  of  the  Mormon 

battalion,  Tyler,  234. 
Concise  history  of  Spanish  Amer' 

ica,  Campbell,  40. 
Concise  view  of  Oregon  territory, 

White,  247. 
"  Congress,"  cruise  of,  Colton,  Deck 

and  port,  52. 

Conquest  of  California,  Revere,  189. 
Conquest  of  California,  Thompson, 

229. 
Conquest  of  California,  History  of 

anniversary  celebration,  109,  no. 
Conquest  of  California  and  New 

Mexico,  Cutts,  61. 
Conquest  of  New  Mexico  and  Cali' 

fornia,  Cooke,  55. 


Consag,  Fernando,  vida  y  virtudes, 
Zevallos,  255. 

Constitucion  del  estado  de  Califor- 
nia,  California,  34. 

Constitution  of  California,  Califor- 
nia,  34. 

Constitution  of  Grand  Lodge  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of 
California,  Freemasons,  90. 

Constitution  and  bylaws,  Califor' 
nia  Pioneers,  36. 

Contemporary  biography  of  Cali- 
fornia, Phelps,  177. 

Convention  of  California,  Report 
of  debates,  Browne,  26. 

Cora,  Belle,  Life  of,  Paul  Pry,  174. 

CorrespondancedeCortes  avec  TEm- 
pereur  Charles-Quint,  Cortes,  55. 

Correspondence  on  subject  of  ap' 
praisements,  San  Francisco,  199. 

Cortes  and  the  Gulf  of  California, 
Linen,  142. 

Cosmographie,  Heylyn,  108. 

"  Coyote  scalp  frauds,"  Reports,  189. 

Cronica  serafica  y  apostoHco,  Arri- 
civita,  8. 

Cruising  voyage  round  the  world, 
Rogers,  194. 

Crusoe's  island,  California  and 
Washoe,  Browne,  26. 

Dance  of  death,  Herman,  107. 

Dance  of  life,  Bowers,  23. 

Danse  des  habitants  de  Californie, 
Choris,  47. 

"Daphne,"  poem  by  Bret  Harte,  Col- 
lege of  California,  51. 

Data  of  Mexican  and  United  States 
history,  Moses,  California  Histor- 
ical society,  35. 


293 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Death  valley  in  '49,  Manly,  149. 
Decision  of  the  supreme  court  in 

case  of  "Las  Mariposas,"  Fremont 

decision,  92. 

Deck  and  port,  Colton,  52. 
De  Lisle,  M,  Lettre  touchant  la 

Californie,  Recueil,  185. 
Dell  Dart,  Steele,  221. 
Denis  Kearney  and  his  relations  to 

the  Workingmen's  party,  Kear' 

ney,  127. 
Descent  of  the  Spaniards  on  the 

isle  of  California,  Lockman,  143. 
Description  de  la  California,  P.,  D. 

P.  E.,  167. 
Description  de  la  Nouvelle  Califor' 

nie,  Ferry,  84. 
Description  of  Chinese  life  in  San 

Francisco,  Densmore,  66. 
Description  of  recently  discovered 

petroleum  region  in  California, 

Silliman,  215. 
De  Soto,  Fernando,  Relation  of  in' 

vasion  and  conquest  of  Florida, 

188. 
Diagrams  of  1000  lots  in  San  Fran' 

cisco,  sold  1851,  San  Francisco, 

199. 
Diario  historico  de  los  viages  hechos 

al  norte  de  la  California,  Costan' 

so,  56. 
Diary  of  a  journey  from  the  Missis' 

sippi  to  the  Pacific,  Mollhausen, 

155. 
Diary  of  a  physician  in  California, 

Tyson,  235. 

Dictamen,  Junta  de  fomento,  124. 
Dictionary  of  Chinook  jargon, 

Gibbs,  96. 


Digest  of  Mexican  laws,  Hopkins, 

114. 
Discovery  of  the  bay  of  San  Fran' 

cisco,  Doyle,  71. 
Discovery  of  California  and  north' 

west  America,  Taylor,  226. 
Discovery  of  gold  in  California, 

Dunbar,  74. 
Discovery  of  gold  in  California,  Par' 

sons,  173. 
Discovery  of  gold  in  California,  Shel' 

vocke,  211. 
Discovery  of  the  Mississippi,  Falco' 

ner,  81. 
Discovery  of  the  Yosemite,  Bunnell, 

29. 
Directory  of  San  Francisco,  Illus' 

trated  directory,  118. 
Discourse  for  the  times,  Scott,  209. 
Disputatio  geographica  de  vero  Cal' 

iforniae,  Gemeling,  95. 
Dissertation  on  the  resources  and 

policy  of  California,  Werth,  245. 
Dr.  Scott,  the  Vigilance  committee 

and  the  church,  Carroll,  42. 
Documents  in  relation  to  charges 

against  Wm.  R.  Turner,  Field' 

Turner  controversy,  85. 
Documentos  referentes  al  reconoci' 

miento  de  las  costas  de  las  Cali' 

fornias,  Carrasco  y  Guisasola,  41. 
Documentos  relatives  al  piadoso 

fondo,  San  Miguel,  206. 
"  Dolphin,"  account  of  voyage  of, 

Stillman,  221. 

Doniphan's  expedition,  Hughes,  115. 
Donner  party,  History  of,  McGlash' 

an,  148. 
Downey,  John  G.,  Shuck,  214. 


294 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 

Drake,  Sir  Francis,The  Englishheroe,  Earliest  printing,  Monterey,  Regla' 

Burton,  31.  mento  provicional,  187. 

Drake,  Sir  Francis,  Life,  Clark,  48.  Earliest  printing,  Oregon,  Oregon 
Drake's  anchorage  on  the  coast  of          City,  166. 

California,  Davidson,  62.  Earliest  printing,  Oregon,  Walker 
Drama  in  California,  California  Pio-        and  Eells,  242. 

neers,  First  annual  of,  36.  Earliest  printing,  Sacramento,  Ben' 
Dramatic  play  entitled  Joaquin  Mu'        ton,  16. 

rietta,  Howe,  115.  Earliest  printing,  San  Francisco,  Con' 
Dreadful  sufferings  and  thrilling  ad'        stitucion  de  California,  34. 

ventures  of  an  overland  party  of  Earliest  printing,  San  Francisco,  Con' 

emigrants  to  California,  Beschke,         stitution  of  California,  34. 

17.  Earliest  printing,  San  Francisco,  Pro' 
Duelling,  history  of,  Truman,  233.  ceedings,  San  Francisco,  202. 

Durrant,  William  H.  T.,  trial  of,  for  Earliest  printing,  San  Francisco, 

murder,  Peixotto,  175.  Translation  and  digest,  231. 

Dwinelle,  John  W.,  Address  on  the  Earliest  printing,  San  Francisco, 

acquisition  of  California,  Call'  Wiersbicki,  248. 

fornia  Pioneers,  35.  Earliest  printing,  Vancouver  island, 
Dying  for  our  country,  Morison,  1 57.        Waddington,  242. 

Earliest  book  by  a  native  Californian  Earliest  reference  to  the  name  "Cal' 

author,  Carrillo,  42.  ifornia,"  Montalvo,  1 56. 

Earliest  directory  of  Marysville,  Bo'  Early  California,  Bausman,  14. 

gardus,  21.  Early  Californian  navigators,  Still' 
Earliest  directory  of  Sacramento,  Bo'        man,  221. 

gardus,  21.  Early  Californian  songster,  Put's 
Earliest  directory  of  San  Francisco,         golden  songster,  183. 

Bogardus,  21.  Early  days  and  men  of  California, 
Earliest  laws  of  San  Francisco,  200.         Swasey,  225. 

Earliest  printing,  Benicia,  Werth,  Early  days  of  California,  Farnham, 

245.  82. 

Earliest  printing,  Benicia,  Wood'  Early  days  of  .California,  Sullivan, 

bridge,  252.  224. 

Earliest  printing,  Coloma,  Slater,  216.  Early  days  of  my  episcopate,  Kip, 
Earliest  printing,  Los  Angeles,  144.          131. 

Earliest  printing,  Los  Angeles,  "  Early  days  of  San  Francisco," 

Money,  155.  Brown,  26. 

Earliest  printing,  Marysville,  Taylor,  Early  laws  of  California,  Translation 

227.  and  digest,  231. 

295 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Early  politics  in  California,Broderick 
and  Gwin,  O'Meara,  165. 

Early  recollections  of  the  mines,  Car' 
son,  43. 

Early  wealth  in  California,  "Pile," 

,  177- 
Earthquake  of  1868,  sermon  on, 

Stone,  223. 
Earthquakes  in  California,  Trask, 

232. 
Ecclesiastical  history  of  NewMex' 

ico,  Arizona  and  Colorado,  Sal' 

pointe,  198. 

Ecclesiastical  trial,  Report,  189. 
Eldorado;  or,  adventures  in  the  path 

of  empire,  Taylor,  226. 
Eldorado  or  California  as  seen  by  a 

pioneer,  Shaw,  210. 
Elephants  in  western  America, 

Ranking,  184. 
Emami'El,  Chronicles  of,  San  Fran' 

cisco  churches,  204. 
Emigrants'  guide  to  the  gold  mines, 

Simpson,  216. 
Emigrant's  guide  to  the  gold  mines, 

Seymour,  210. 
Emigrant's  guide  to  Oregon  and 

California,  Hastings,  105. 
Emigration  to  Oregon,  Kelley,  128. 
Emigration  to  Oregon  in  1843, 

Lenox,  139. 
English' Aleutian  vocabulary,  Buy 

nitsky,  32. 
The  English  heroe ;  or  Sir  Francis 

Drake,  Burton,  31. 
EntdeckungS'Reise  in  die  Slid'See, 

Kotsebue,  132. 
Eschscholtsia  californica,  (golden 

poppy),  Kotsebue,  132. 


Essai  sur  les  consequences  de  la  de' 

couverte  de  Tor  en  Californie, 

Tengoborski,  227. 

Essays  and  miscellany,  Bancroft,  n. 
Etchings  of  the  Franciscan  missions, 

Ford,  88. 
Ethnological  researches,  Northwest 

coast  of  America,  163. 
Etshlit  thlu  sitskai  thlu  sias  thlu  Sits' 

kaisitlinish,  Walker  and  Eells,  242. 
Evans  and  Sontag,  California  ban' 

dits,  Maxwell,  151. 
Evidence  of  George  Inwood's  loan 

to  First  Baptist  church,  San  Fran' 

cisco  churches,  204. 
Evidences  against  Christianity,  Hit' 

tell,  in. 
Examination  of  charter  and  pro' 

ceedings  of  Hudson's  Bay  com' 

pany,  Fitzgerald,  86. 
Examination  of  the  Russian  grant 

from  Rotcheff  to  Sutter,  Veritas, 


„ 
Excursion  to  California,  Kelly,  129. 

Exempt  firemen  of  San  Francisco, 

San  Francisco,  200. 
Expedition  against  the  northern  In' 

dians  in  1858,  Kip,  130. 
Experience  of  a  fortyniner,  John' 

ston,  122. 
Experiences  of  a  fortyniner,  Fergu' 

son,  84. 
Exploration  and  survey  of  valley  of 

Great  Salt  lake,  Stansbury,  220. 
Exploration  du  territoire  de  1'Ore' 

gon,  des  Californies  et  de  la  mer 

Vermeille,  Duflot  de  Mofras,  74. 
Explorations  of  De  Font  and  De 

Fuca,  Engel,  78. 


296 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Explorations  of  Pedro  Font,  Call' 
fornia  Pioneers,  First  annual  of,  36. 

Exposicion  a  la  comision  de  hacienda, 
San  Miguel,  2,06. 

Exposicion  sobre  del  fondo  piadoso, 
Carrillo,  42. 

Fac-simile  of  original  manuscript  of 
the  Heathen  Chinee,  Harte,  104. 

Fact  and  fancy  in  the  life  of  James 
Kennovan,  champion  pedestrian, 
Woodson,  253. 

Facts  and  figures  relating  to  Van' 
couver  island  and  British  Colum- 
bia, Pemberton,  175. 

Faint  idea  of  a  terrible  life,  Kalloch, 
126. 

Family  gem,  Granice,  99. 

Famous  missions  of  California,  Hud- 
son, 115. 

Fast  folks :  or,  the  early  days  of 
California,  Nunes,  164. 

Festival  in  celebration  of  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  the  arrival  of 
the  "  California,"  California  Pio- 
neers, 36. 

Field  of  honor,  Truman,  233. 

Fifty  years  of  Methodism  in  Cali- 
fornia, Anthony,  6. 

Fifty  years  of  the  Unitarian  church 
of  San  Francisco,  San  Francisco 
churches,  205. 

Finger  of  God,  a  sermon,  Stone,  223. 

Fire  department  of  San  Francisco, 
second  anniversary  of  organiza- 
tion of,  San  Francisco,  204. 

First  annual  of  Territorial  Pioneers  of 
California,  California  Pioneers,  36. 

First  book  printed  in  California, 
Reglamento  provicional,  187. 


First  Baptist  church,  evidence  of 
Inwood's  loan,  San  Francisco 
churches,  204. 

First  circus  in  California,  Rowe,  196. 

First  Congregational  church,  golden 
jubilee,  San  Francisco  churches, 
205. 

First  Congregational  church,  twen- 
ty-fifth anniversary,  San  Francisco 
churches,  205. 

First  discoveries  of  California,  Mar- 
cou,  150. 

First  half  century  of  St.  Ignatius 
church  and  college,  Riordan,  192. 

First  Masonic  funeral  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, 1849,  Linen,  142. 

First  piece  of  music  published  in 
California,  Richter,  190. 

First  Presbyterian  church  at  Benicia, 
dedication  and  sermon,  Wood- 
bridge,  252. 

First  regiment  of  New  York  volun- 
teers, Clark,  47. 

"  First  Steamship  Pioneers,"  Califor- 
nia Pioneers,  36,  37. 

First  voyage  to  the  coasts  of  Cali- 
fornia, Taylor,  226. 

Five  years  of  crime  in  California, 
Forsee,  88. 

Five  years  within  the  Golden  Gate, 
Saxon,  207. 

Flowers  for  genius,  Heron,  107. 

Font,  Pedro,  Explorations  of,  Cali- 
fornia Pioneers,  First  annual,  36. 

Fore  and  aft,  Phelps,  177. 

Fort  Ross,  Russian  settlement, 
Thompson,  229. 

Forty  years  among  the  Indians, 
Jones,  123. 


297 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Founding  of  the  missions,  Our  cen- 

tennial memoir,  166. 
Four  months  among  the  gold-finders, 

Brooks,  25. 
Four  years  in  the  Pacific,  Walpole, 


Les  Fran9ais  en  Californie,Levy,  140. 
Franciscans  in  Arizona,  Engelhardt, 

79- 

Franciscans  in  California,Engelhardt, 

79- 
Fraser  River  mines  vindicated,  Wad" 

dington,  242. 

Fremont  episodes,  Signal  fires,  214. 
Fruits  of  Mormonism,  Slater,  216. 
Full  and  complete  statement  of  for- 

geries and  frauds  of  H.  S.  Tibbey, 

San  Francisco,  200. 
G.  A.  R.,  Records  of  members  of, 

Ward,  243. 
General  circular  to  to  all  who  wish 

to  emigrate  to  Oregon,  Kelley,  1  28. 
General  railroad  laws  of  Pacific  and 

Atlantic  company,  Lewis,  141. 
Geographical  6?  mineralogical  notes 

on  California,  Wyld,  254. 
Geographical  memoir  upon  Upper 

California,  Fremont,  90. 
Geographical  sketch  of  Oregon, 

Kelley,  128. 
Geographische  und  kritische  Nach- 

richten,  Engel,  78. 
Geology  of  North  America,  Mar- 

cou,  149. 
Geology  and  industrial  resources  of 

California,  Tyson,  235. 
George  Bancroft  and  his  services  to 

California,  Hittell,  112. 
George  Denny,  Chinquopin,  46. 


The  German  emigrants,  Wray,  253. 

Getreueste  Wegweiser,Rednit2j,  185. 

Glance  at  the  wealth  of  the  monied 
men  of  San  Francisco  and  Sacra- 
mento, "  Pile,"  177. 

Glimpses  of  California,  Jackson,  119. 

Gobierno  de  la  provincia  de  Califor- 
nias,  Reglamento,  186, 187. 

Gold !  Ein  Californisches  Lebens- 
bild,  Gerstacker,  95. 

Gold:  a  sermon,  Frothingham,  93. 

Gold  digger's  song  book,  Taylor, 
227. 

Gold  discovery  in  California,  Hit- 
tell,  in. 

Gold  discovery  in  California,  earli- 
est official  account  of,  Message  of 
the  President,  153. 

Gold  fields  of  British  Columbia, 
Cariboo,  41. 

Gold  from  California,  Gary,  44. 

Gold  hunters  of  California,  Parish, 
82. 

Gold  in  California,  Shelvocke,  an. 

Gold  regions  of  California,  Foster,  89. 

Gold-seeker's  manual,  Ansted,  6. 

Golden  dreams  and  leaden  realities, 
Payson,  175. 

Golden  dreams  and  waking  realities, 
Shaw,  210. 

The  Golden  Gate,  Linen,  142. 

The  golden  land,  Wilson,  251. 

Golden  poppy  of  California,  earliest 
description,  Kotsebue,  132. 

Golden  resources  of  California, 
Thomson,  229. 

The  golden  state,  McClellan,  146. 

A  goodnatured  hint  about  Califor- 
nia, Forrester,  88. 


298 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 

Good  time's  come  at  last.  A  comic  Henshaw,  H.  W.,  voyage  of  Ca- 

song,  Sankey,  207.  brillo,  Wheeler,  246. 

Grammar  of  Mutsun  language,  Ar-  Herald's  history  of  Los  Angeles 

royo  de  la  Cuesta,  8.  city,  Willard,  249. 

Grammar  and  dictionary  of  the  The  hermitage  and  other  poems, 

Yakama  language,  Pandosy,  172.  Sill,  214. 

Grasshoppers  in  California,  Taylor,  Historia  de  la  Antigua  6  Baja  Cali' 

225.  fornia,  Clavijero,  49. 

Grasset  St.'Sauveur,  J.,  Habitans  de  History  of  the  American  Russian 

la  Californie,  40.  company,  Tikhmenef,  230. 

Great  gold  fields  of  Cariboo,  Has-  History  of  the  big  bonanza,  Wright, 

litt,  106.  253. 

Great  Salt  lake,  Exploration  of,  History  of  the  bench  and  bar  of 

Stansbury,  220.  California,  Shuck,  213. 

Grey,  William,  pseud.,  White,  247.  History  of  California,  Capron,  41. 

Griswold,  M.  V.  B.,  Murder  of,  by  History  of  California,  Frost,  92. 

Chinese,  160.  History  of  California,  Hittell,  112. 

Guide  pratique  des  emigrants  en  History  of  California,  Tuthill,  234. 

Californie,  Rossignon,  196.  History  of  the  Catholic  church  in 

Guide  to  the  value  of  California  California,  Gleeson,  97. 

gold,  Edelman,  76.  History  of  Catholic  missions  among 

Habitans  de  la  Californie,  Califor'  Indian  tribes,  Shea,  211. 

nie,  40.  History  of  company  "  B,"  First  regi' 

Hand-book  to  Arizona,  Hinton,  109.  ment  infantry,  N.  G.  C.,  "  City 

Handbook  to  the  Pacific  and  Cali-  guard,"  47. 

fornia,  Thompson,  228.  Historical  Landmarks  committee, 

Harp  of  the  day,  Bush,  31.  Report  of,  Keith,  127. 

Harte,  F.  Bret,  "Daphne,"  a  poem,  History  of  the  Dormer  party,  Me- 

College  of  California,  51.  Glashan,  148. 

Harte,  F.  Bret,  Poem  delivered  at  History  of  the  McGarrahan  claim, 

fourteenth  anniversary  of  Cali-  McGarrahan,  147. 

fornia  Pioneers,  California  Pio-  History  of  the  Mormons,  Linn, 


neers,  37. 

Hartford  Union  mining  and  trading  History  of  Nevada,  Angel,  5. 

company,  Hall,  102.  History  of  Oregon,  Gray,  99. 

Hawes,  Horace,  Report  of  proceed-  History  of  Oregon,  Lyman,  145. 

ings  in  will  case  of,  Bates,  13.  History  of  Oregon,  Tucker,  233. 

Heathen  Chinee,  fac-simile  of  origi-  History  of  Oregon  territory,  Farn- 

nal  manuscript,  Harte,  104.  ham,  82. 

299 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


History  of  Oregon  and  California, 

Greenhow,  100. 
History  of  Oregon  territory  and 

British  North' American  fur  trade, 

Dunn,  75. 

History  of  Pasadena,  Reid,  187. 
History  of  the  precious  metals,  Com' 

stock,  53. 
History  of  political  conventions  in 

California,  Davis,  64. 
History  of  public  school  department 

of  Sacramento,  Davis,  64. 
History  of  the  public  school  system 

of  California,  Swett,  2,25. 
History  of  Stockton,  Tinkham,  231. 
History  of  San  Jose,  Hall,  102. 
History  of  the  San  Juan  water  bound' 

ary  question,  Milton,  1 54. 
History  of  San  Francisco,  Hittell, 

in. 
History  of  San  Bernardino  valley, 

Caballeria  [y  Collell],  32. 
History  of  Santa  Barbara,  Caballeria 

y  Collell,  32. 
History  of  the  settlement  of  Oregon 

and  the  interior  of  Upper  Califor' 

nia,  Kelley,  129. 
History  of  the  Southern  Methodism 

on  the  Pacific  coast,  Simmons,  2 15. 
History  of  the  Traffic  association  of 

California,  Valley  road,  236. 
History  of  Upper  and  Lower  Cali' 

fornia,  Forbes,  88. 
Historical  abstract  of  San  Francisco, 

Shuck,  213. 
Historical  and  descriptive  sketch 

book  of  Napa,  Sonoma,  Lake  and 

Mendocino,  Menefee,  152. 
Historical  journal  of  expedition  to 


the  north  of  California,  Costanso, 

57- 
Historical  outline  of  Lower  Califor' 

nia,  Lower  California,  144. 
Historical  paper  relating  to  Santa 

Cruz,  Willey,  250. 
Historical  reminiscences  of  one  hun' 

dred  years  ago,  Graham,  99. 
Historical  researches,  Ranking,  184. 
Historical  sketch  of  San  Diego, 

Gunn,  101. 
Historical  sketch  of  mining  law  of 

California,  Davis,  63. 
Historical  sketches  of  the  Catholic 

church  in  Oregon,  Blanchet,  20. 
Historical  society  of  southern  Cali' 

fornia,  Griffin,  101. 
Histrionic  memoirs,  Gougenheim 

sisters,  98. 
Hittell,  John  S.,  Oration  at  nine' 

teenth  anniversary  of  California 

Pioneers,  California  Pioneers,  37. 
Hodges  vs.  Cooper,  damages  for  mal' 

practice  in  performance  of  Caesa' 

rian  operation,  Proceedings,  182. 
Hoot  of  the  owl,  Behr,  15. 
Hope  of  civilisation  yet  to  be,  Head, 

1 06. 
How  Marcus  Whitman  saved  Ore' 

gon,  Nixon,  162. 
Howard  street  Methodist  Episcopal 

church,  thirty  years  of  history, 

San  Francisco  churches,  205. 
Hudson's  Bay  company,Tucker,  233. 
Hudson  bay  territories,  and  Van' 

couver's  island,  Martin,  151. 
An  humble  plea  in  behalf  of  immi' 

grants  from  China,  Speer,  219. 
Hunters  of  Kentucky,  Bilson,  18. 


300 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Hunting  for  gold,  Downie,  71. 
Idealina,  Kewen,  130. 
Identification  of  Drake's  anchorage 

on  coast  of  California,  Davidson, 

62. 
Idle  and  industrious  miner,  Delano, 

64. 
Illustrated  guide  and  catalogue  of 

Woodward's  gardens,Gruber,  i  o  i . 
Illustrated  history  of  the  University 

of  California,  Jones,  123. 
Illustrated  notes  of  an  expedition 

through  Mexico  and  California, 

Audubon,  8. 
Illustrated  sketches  of  California, 

Morse  and  Colville,  157. 
Illustrations  of  the  birds  of  Califor' 

nia,  Texas,  Oregon,  British  and 

Russian  America,  Cassin,  44. 
In  and  out  of  the  old  missions  of 

California,  James,  120. 
In  the  heart  of  the  Sierras,  Hutch' 

ings,  117. 
In  the  footprints  of  the  Padres, 

Stoddard,  222. 
Incident  in  the  war  of  the  U.  S.  with 

Mexico,  McWhorter,  148. 
Incidents  of  travel  to  California, 

Udell,  235. 

Incidentson  land  and  water,Bates,i  3. 
Indian  basketry,  James,  120. 
Indian  council  in  the  valley  of  the 

Walla-Walla,  Kip,  131. 
Indians  of  California,  Powers,  181. 
Indians  of  Oregon,  Allen,  2. 
Indians  of  the  Yosemite  valley  and 

vicinity,  Clark,  48. 
Iniciativa  de  ley,  Junta  de  fomento, 


124. 


Instructions  in  gymnastics,  Nahl, 

161. 
Inwood,  George,  Evidence  of  loan  to 

First  Baptist  church,  San  Francisco 

churches,  204. 

Irish  race  in  California,  Quigley,i83. 
Japanese  vessels  on  northwest  coast 

of  America,  Davis,  63. 
Jesuitas  quitados  y  restituidos  al 

mundo,  San  Salvador,  207. 
Jimeno's  and  HartnelTs  indexes  of 

land  concessions,  Drake,  72. 
Jones,  Thomas  Ap  Catesby,  seises 

Monterey,  Texan  revolution,  228. 
Journal  d'un  voyage  autour  du 

monde,  Roquefeuil,  195. 
Journal  kept  at  Nootka  sound,  Jew- 

itt,  121. 

Journal  of  army  life,  Glisan,  97. 
Journal  of  an  exploring  tour  beyond 

the  Rocky  mountains,  Parker,  172. 
Journal  of  incidents  of  travel,  Reid, 

188. 

Journal  of  ramblings,  Le  Conte,  137. 
Journal  of  travels  over  the  Rocky 

mountains,  Palmer,  168. 
Journal  of  a  voyage  in  1775,  north' 

ward  of  California,  Barrington,  12. 
Journal  of  a  voyage  to  California, 

Lyman,  145. 
Journey  of  Moncacht'Ape,  Davis, 

63. 
Judah,  Theodore  D.,  Biographical 

sketch  of,  Burch.  California  Pio' 

neers,  First  annual  of,  36. 
Judge  Lynch,  Jessop,  121. 
KalSbrnia,  Lauts,  137. 
Kalifornien  s  Gold  u.  Quecksilber' 

District,  Gerstacker,  96. 


301 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Kearney's  overland  expedition  to 

California,  Hughes,  115. 
Kellogg,  Martin,  Local  units  of  his' 

tory,  California  Historical  society, 

35- 
Kennovan,  James,  world's  champion 

pedestrian,  Woodson,  253. 
Kern  county  "  coyote  scalp  frauds," 

Reports,  189. 

Kimball's  directory  of  San  Francis- 
co, Directory,  69. 

King,  Thomas  Starr,  Morison,  157. 
King  of  Wm.,  James,  assassination 

of,  True  and  minute  history,  232. 
"King's  orphan,"  Upham,  235. 
"  Kino  map  "  of  California,  Lettres 

edifiantes,  139. 
Kit  Carson's  life  and  adventures, 

Peters,  176. 

Lady  of  the  west,  Ballou,  10. 
Lake  county,  Menefee,  152. 
Lament,  Blanche,  murder  of  by 

Durrant,  Peixotto,  175. 
Land  of  gold,  Helper,  107. 
Land  of  gold.  A  tale  of  '49,  Spurr, 

220. 

Land  frauds  in  California,  Kelly,  129. 
Land  grants  in  California,  index  of, 

Drake,  72. 

Land  titles  in  California,  Gwin,  102. 
Land  titles  in  California,  Jones,  123, 

124. 
Land  titles  in  San  Francisco,  Wheel' 

er,  246. 
Les  langues  indiennes  de  la  Califor- 

nie,  Lucy-Fossarieu,  144. 
Lap  wai  primer,  Walker  and  Eells,  242. 
"  Las  Mariposas,"  Fremont  decision, 

92. 


Last  days  of  the  republic,  Dooner, 

70. 

Last  of  the  filibusters,  Stewart,  221. 
Laws  of  town  of  San  Francisco,  200. 
Lees  collection  of  Californiana, 

Keith,  127. 
Legal  titles  to  mining  claims  and 

water  rights,  in  California,  Yale, 

254. 
Letter  written  from  San  Francisco, 

descriptive  of  the  archives,  Wa- 

terston,  244. 

Letters  and  sketches,  Smet,  217. 
Letters  on  land  titles,  Jones,  123. 
Letters  to  a  young  man,  De  Quincey, 

66. 
Lettre  de  M.  de  Lisle  touchant  la 

Californie,  Recueil,  185. 
Lewis  and  Clark  expedition,  Allen,  3. 
Ley  y  reglamento  del  fondo  piadoso, 

Pious  fund,  179. 

Libraries  of  California,  Apponyi,  7. 
Life  among  the  Apaches,  Cremony, 

60. 

Life  among  the  Indians,  Stratton,  223. 
Life  among  the  Piutes,  Hopkins,  114. 
Life  amongst  the  Modocs,  Miller, 

154. 
Life,  adventures  and  capture  of  Ti' 

burcio  Vasques,  Truman,  233. 
Life,  adventures,  and  travels  in  Cali- 
fornia, Farnham,  83. 
Life  and  adventures  of  James  W. 

Marshall,  Parsons,  173. 
Life  and  adventures  of  Joaquin  Mu- 

rieta,  Ridge,  191. 
Life  and  career  of  Tiburcio  Vasques, 

Sawyer,  207. 
Life  and  confessions,  Jenkins,  120. 


302 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Life  and  death  of  Sir  Francis  Drake, 

Clark,  48. 
Life  and  times  of  Genl  John  A. 

Sutter,  Schoonover,  208. 
Life  by  land  and  sea,  Mulford,  159. 
Life  from  the  lakes  to  the  Pacific, 

Buckskin  Mose,  28. 
Life  in  California,  Robinson,  193. 
Life  in  the  mountains  :  or  four 

months  in  California,  Weston, 

246. 
Life  of  Alfred  B.  Meacham,  Bland, 

20. 

Life  of  Belle  Cora,  Paul  Pry,  174. 
Life  of  Brigham  Young,  Tullidge, 


Life  of  David  Belden,  Berry,  17. 
Life  of  David  S.  Terry,  Wagstaff, 

242. 

Life  of  Henry  George,  George,  95. 
Life  of  Kit  Carson,  Burdett,  29. 
Life  on  the  plains  and  among  the 

diggings,  Delano,  65. 
Life  on  the  plains  of  the  Pacific, 

Hines,  108. 

Life's  pack  of  cards,  Bours,  23. 
Lights  and  shades  of  San  Francisco, 

Lloyd,  142. 

Limantour  claim,  Hoffman,  113. 
Limantour  claim,  La  Reintrie,  136. 
Limantour  claim,  Wilson,  251. 
Limantour  claim,  Brief  statement, 

Hittell,  no. 
List  of  books,  Californiana  and  the 

Pacific,  Macdonald  library,  147. 
List  of  books,  etc.,  relating  to  Call' 

fornia,  Diets,  68. 
List  of  California  periodicals,  Chand' 

ler,  45. 


ListofpersonsfromNantucketinCal' 

ifornia,  Nantucket  Pioneers,  161. 
Literary  industries,  Bancroft,  10. 
Literature  of  American  aboriginal 

languages,  Ludewig,  145. 
Local  lyrics  and  miscellaneous 

poems,  Taylor,  227. 
Local  units  of  history,  Kellogg,  Cali' 

fornia  Historical  society,  35. 
Locusts  in  California,  Taylor,  225. 
Log  of  an  ancient  mariner,  Wake' 

man,  242. 
Los  Angeles  city,  history  of,  Wil' 

lard,  249. 
Los  Gringos :  or  inside  view  of  Mex' 

ico  and  California,  Wise,  252. 
Lost  galleon  and  other  tales,  Harte, 

104. 

Lost  trappers,  Coyner,  59. 
Lumbering  in  California,  Redwood 

and  lumbering,  186. 
Lummi,  Clallam  and  Lummi,  Gibbs, 

96. 
McCabe,  John  H.,  Historical  essay 

on  the  drama  in  California,  Cali' 

fornia  Pioneers,  First  annual,  36. 
Maldonado,  Voyage  a  Tocean  Pa' 

cifique,  Amoretti,  4. 
Mammoth  tree  grove,  Calaveras 

county,  views,  Vischer,  241. 
Manifiesto  to  the  Mexican  republic, 

Figueroa,  86. 
Manifiesto  a  la  republica  Mexicana, 

Figueroa,  86. 
Manual  of  city  of  San  Francisco, 

San  Francisco,  201. 
Manuelo's  narrative,  California 

three  hundred  and  fifty  years 


ago,  39. 


303 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Marcus  Whitman ;  proofs  of  his 

work,  Eells,  76. 
Marine  mammals  of  the  northwest' 

ern  coast  of  North  America, 

Scammon,  208. 
Mark  Twain.  Life  and  work,  Clem' 

ens,  50. 
Marshall,  James  W.,  Life  and  adven' 

tures  of,  Parsons,  173. 
Marshall's  gold  discovery,  Hittell, 

in. 
Maryland  Historical  society,  Paper 

upon  California,  Harris,  104. 
Maurelle,  Francisco  Antonio,  Jour' 

nal  of  a  voyage  in  1775,  Barring' 

ton,  12. 
Meacham,  Alfred  B.,  Tragedy  of 

the  lava  beds,  Bland,  20. 
Memoir,  on  northwest  coast  of 

America,  Greenhow,  100. 
Memoir  touchant  Testat  des  mis' 

sions,  Lettres  edifiantes,  139. 
Memoire  touchant  la  Calif ornie,  Re' 

cueil,  185. 
Memoirs  of  General  William  T.  Sher' 

man,  Sherman,  212. 
Memoirs  of  my  life,  Fremont,  91. 
Memoires  et  observations  geogra' 

phiques,  Engel,  78. 
Memorandum  as  to  the  discovery 

of  the  bay  of  San  Francisco, 

Doyle,  71. 
Memorial  against  confirmation  of 

Stratto'n  survey,  Taylor,  226. 
Memorial  and  petition,  Stevenson, 

221. 
Men  and  memories  of  San  Francis' 

co  in  1850,  Barry  and  Patten,  13. 
Mendocino  county,  Menefee,  152. 


Message  of  President  of  the  United 

States,  California  and  New  Mex' 

ico,  40. 
Message  of  President  of  the  United 

States,  Fremont  court-martial,  91. 
Metcalf  vs.  Argenti,  Lockwood,  143. 
MethodisminCalifornia,Anthony,6. 
Mexican  boundary,  Bartlett,  13. 
Mexico,  History  of,  Bancroft,  n. 
Mexico,  California  and  Arizona, 

Bishop,  19. 
Midwinter  fair,  Official  history,  San 

Francisco  Midwinter  fair,  206. 
Mines  of  California,  Patterson,  173. 
Miners  and  travelers1  guide,  Mullan, 

159. 
Miners1  ten  commandments,  Hutch' 

ings,  117. 
Mineral  resources  of  the  United 

States,  Browne  and  Taylor,  27. 
Mineral  resources  of  the  United 

States,  Sutro,  224. 
Mining  camps,  Shinn,  212. 
Mining  claims  and  water  rights  in 

California,  Yale,  254. 
Mining  law  of  California,  Davis,  63. 
Minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the 

legislative  assembly,  1849,  San 

Francisco,  201. 
Miscellanies,  Barrington,  12. 
Misrepresentations  of  early  Califor- 
nia history  corrected,  California 

Pioneers,  37. 

Mission  de  la  Colombie,  Bolduc,  21. 
Missions  de  TOregon,  Smet,  217. 
Mission  of  San  Francisco  de  Assis, 

Graham,  99. 
Mission  of  Santa  Barbara,  CTKeefe, 

165. 


304 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Missions,  Founding  of,  Our  centen- 

nial memoir,  166. 
Missions  in  California,  argument  on, 

Hawes,  105. 

Missions  of  California,  Hudson,  115. 
Missions  of  California,  James,  120. 
Missions  of  California,  Junta  de  fo' 

mento,  124. 
Missions  of  California,  Spanish  mis' 

sions,  219. 
Missions  of  California,  Truesdell, 


Missions  of  Nueva  California,  Car- 

ter,  43. 
Missions  of  Upper  California,  Linen, 

142. 

Modoc  Indians,  Meacham,  151. 
Modoc  Indians,  Miller,  154. 
Modoc  Indians,  Peters,  176. 
Modoc  war,  origin  and  causes,  Ode- 

neal,  164. 
Moncacht'Ape,  Journey  of,  Davis, 

63- 
Moncacht'Ape,  Journey  of,  Engel, 

78. 

The  moral  law,  Macdonald,  147. 
Mormons  at  home,  Ferris,  84. 
Mormon  battalion,  History  of,Tyler, 

234. 

Mormons,  History  of,  Linn,  142. 
Mormonism  in  California,  Pratt,  182. 
Mormonism  in  California,  Roberts, 

192. 

Mormonism  unveiled,  Lee,  138. 
Moscoviti  nella  California,  Torni' 

bia,  231. 
Moses,  Bernard,  Data  of  Mexican 

and  United  States  history,  Cali' 

fornia  Historical  society,  35. 


Mountaineering  in  the  Sierra  Ne- 

vada,  King,  130. 
Mountains  and  molehills,  Marryat, 

150. 
Movement  for  a  university  in  Cali' 

fornia,  Bushnell,  32. 
Miinchhausen  in  California,  Kraken' 

fuss,  133. 
Murieta,  Joaquin,  Life  and  adven* 

tures,  Ridge,  191. 
Murietta  Joaquin,  Howe,  115. 
My  adventures  in  the  Sierras,  Wil' 

son,  251. 

My  roving  life,  Stuart,  223. 
Nach  dem  Sacramento,  Meyer,  154. 
Nachrichten  von  der  Amerikani' 

schen  Halbinsel  Californien,  Bae' 

gert,  9. 

Napa  county,  Menefee,  152. 
Narrative  of  adventures,  Leonard, 

139- 
Narrative  of  adventures,  Patterson, 

173. 
Narrative  of  adventures  and  suffer' 

ings,Jewitt,  121. 
Narrative  of  Edward  McGowan, 

McGowan,  148. 
Narrative  of  a  journey  across  the 

Rocky  mountains,Townsend,  23 1 . 
Narrative  of  travels  and  adventures 

of  Monsieur  Violet,  Marryat,  1 50. 
Narrative  of  United  States  explor' 

ing  expedition,  Wilkes,  248. 
Narrative  of  a  voyage  round  the 

world,  Belcher,  15. 
Narrative  of  a  voyage  round  the 

world,  Ruschenberger,  197. 
Narrative  of  a  voyage  round  the 

world,  Simpson,  215. 


305 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Narrative  of  a  voyage  to  northwest 

coast  of  America,  Franchere,  90. 
Narrative  of  a  voyage  to  the  Pacific 

and  Beering's  strait,  Beechey,  14. 
Native  races  of  the  Pacific  coast, 

Bancroft,  n. 
Natural  and  civil  history  of  Califor' 

nia,  Venegas,  237. 
Natural  wealth  of  California,  Cro' 

nise,  60. 
Naturliche  und  blirgerliche  Ge' 

schichte  von  Californien,  Ade' 

lung,  2. 
Navegacion  especulativa  y  practica, 

Cabrera  Bueno,  33. 
Neue  Reise  um  die  Welt,  Kotsebue, 


Neuer  praktischer  Wegweiser, 

Schmolder,  208. 
Neueste  officielle  Bericht,  Fleisch' 

mann,  87. 

Nevada,  Powell,  181. 
Nevada,  Colorado  and  Wyoming, 

History  of,  Bancroft,  n. 
Nevada  during  theComstock  period, 

Lawrence,  137. 
Nevada,  History  of,  Angel,  5. 
New  Almaden  mine,  Randolph,  184. 
New  Almaden  mines,  Visit  to, 

Wells,  245. 

The  new  and  the  old,  Palmer,  168. 
New  descent  of  the  Spaniards  on  the 

island  of  Califurnia,  Relation  of 

invasion,  188. 
The  new  El  Dorado  ;  or  British  Co' 

lumbia,  Cornwallis,  55. 
New  Englander,  pseud.,  Sage,  197. 
New  history  of  Oregon  and  Call' 

fornia,  Hastings,  105. 


New  varieties  of  gold  and  silver 

coins,  Eckfeldt  and  Du  Bois,  76. 
New  voyage  round  the  world,  Dam' 

pier,  62. 

New  west,  Brace,  24. 
Nes  Perce  vocabulary,  Palmer,  168. 
Nootka  controversy,  Colnett,  52. 
Nootka  sound  captive,  Jewitt,  121. 
North  Mexican  states  and  Texas, 

History  of,  Bancroft,  n. 
North'eastern  voyages  of  discovery, 

Burney,  30. 
Northern  California,  Oregon,  and 

Sandwich  islands,  NordhofF,  162. 
Northern  California,  Scott  and  Kb/ 

math  rivers,  Metlar,  153. 
Northwest  coast,  Swan,  225. 
Northwest  coast,  History  of,  Ban' 

croft,  ii. 
Notes  of  a  military  reconnoissance 

from  Fort  Leavenworth  to  San 

Diego,  Emory,  77. 
Notes  of  a  voyage  to  California, 

Upham,  235. 
Notes  on  California  and  the  placers, 

Delevan,  66. 
Notes  on  first  discoveries  of  Cali' 

fornia  and  origin  of  the  name, 

Marcou,  150. 
Notes  on  Upper  California,  Coulter, 

57- 
Notes  preparatory  to  a  biography 

of  Richard  Hayes  McDonald, 

McDonald,  147. 
Notice  industrielle  sur  la  Californie, 

Bouchacourt,  22. 

Noticiadela  California,  Venegas,238. 
Noticias  de  la  Nueva  California, 

Palou,  169, 170. 


306 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Noticias  de  la  provincia  de  Califor' 

nias,  Sales,  198. 
Noticias  del  puerto  de  Monterrey, 

Estracto,  79. 
Noticias  sobre  la  provincia  eclesias' 

tica  de  Oregon,  Chaparro,  45. 
Oatman  girls  captivity,  Stratton,223. 
Obercalifornien,  Kiinzjel,  134. 
Observaciones  del  fondo  piadoso, 

Pious  fund,  179. 

Occidental  sketches,  Truman,  233. 
Ocean  cruise  and  deep  water  re* 

gatta,  Sanderson,  207. 
The  Octopus,  Robinson,  194. 
Official  report  of  trial  of  Laura  D. 

Fair,  Fair  trial,  81. 
Official  roll  of  the  city  and  county 

of  San  Francisco,  Shuck,  214. 
"Old  Block,"  Delano,  65. 
Old  Block's  sketch'book,  Delano,  65. 
Old  Californian  days,  Steele,  220. 
Old  missions  and  mission  Indians, 

James,  120. 
Oldest  and  newest  empire,  Speer, 

220. 
Olympic  club,  History  of,  San  Fran' 

cisco  Olympic  club,  206. 
On  land  and  sea,  Thomes,  228. 
On  the  ebb,  Hotchkiss,  114. 
On  the  trail  of  a  Spanish  pioneer, 

Garces,  94. 
One  of  the  cunning  men  of  San 

Francisco,  Caton,  45. 
Opinions  delivered  upon  private 

land  claims,  Thornton,  230. 
Oration  delivered  in  Sacramento, 

July  4, 1857,  Pickett,  177. 
Oration  delivered  on  board  the 

"  Sylph,"  Parburt,  172. 


Ordinances  and  joint  resolutions  of 

San  Francisco,  San  Francisco,  201  . 
Oregon,  Barrows,  13. 
Oregon  and  California,  Description 

01,67. 
Oregon  and  California  in  1848, 

Thornton,  230. 
Oregon  and  El  Dorado,  Bulfinch, 

29. 
Oregon  and  its  institutions,  Hines, 

108. 
Oregon  and  Washington  territories, 

Armstrong,  7. 
Oregon,  earliest  mention  of,  Carver, 

,43' 
UOregon  et  les  cotes  de  Tocean  pa' 

cifique,  Fedix,  84. 
Oregon,  History  of,  Bancroft,  n. 
Oregon,  History  of,  Tucker,  233. 
Oregon  missions  and  travels  over 

the  Rocky  mountains,  Smet,  217. 
Oregon  ;  or  a  short  history  of  a 

long  journey,  Wyeth,  254. 
Oregon.  Our  right  and  title,  Rob' 

ertson,  192. 

Oregon  question,  Buchanan,  28. 
Oregon  question,  Gallatin,  94. 
Oregon  question,  Poussin,  181. 
Oregon  question,  Sturgis,  224. 
Oregon  question  examined,  Twiss, 


Oregon  territory,  Falconer,  81. 
Oregon  territory,  Nicolay,  162. 
Oregon  territory,  Palmer,  168. 
Oregon  territory,  Parker,  172. 
Oregon  territory,  Simpson,  215. 
Oregon  territory,  sketches  in,Warre, 

244. 
Oregon  trail,  Parkman,  173. 


307 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


'Organisation,  acts  and  regulations 

of  the  U.  S.  land  commissioners 

for  California,  California  land 

claims,  35. 
Origin  of  free  public  schools  of  San 

Francisco,  San  Francisco,  201. 
Origin  of  the  name  California,  Mar' 

cou,  150. 
"  The  other  side  "  of  the  Limantour 

claim,  La  Reintrie,  136. 
Our  friend  from  Victoria,  Webb, 

244. 

Our  Italy,  Warner,  244. 
Our  national  parks,  Muir,  159. 
Our  new  west,  Bowles,  23. 
Over  the  wilds  to  California,  Batty, 

14. 
Overland  guide  from  Council  Bluffs 

to  Sacramento,  Horn,  114. 
Overland  in  forty-nine,  Goldsmith, 

98. 

Overland  journey  from  New  York 
to  San  Francisco,  Greeley,  100. 

Overland  stage  to  California,  Root 
and  Connelly,  195. 

Overland  to  California  in  1849, 
Sedgley,  209. 

Overland  to  Oregon  in  1843,  Lenox, 

139- 
Pacific  and  Atlantic  railroad  com' 

pany,  Lewis,  141. 
Pacific  coast  sketches,  Lambourne, 

134- 

"Pacific  Fur  company,"  Ross,  195. 
Pacific  yacht  club  ocean  cruise,  San- 

derson,  207. 
Padre  Junipero  Serra  and  the  mis' 

sion  church  of  San  Carlos  del 

Carmelo,  White,  247. 


Pamphlet  relating  to  the  claim  of 

Limatour,  Wilson,  251. 
Paper  upon  California,  Harris,  104. 
Pasadena,  Gal.,  History  of,  Reid, 

187. 
Past,  present  and  future  of  the  Paci' 

fie,  Crane,  59. 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  on  the  Pacific 

coast,  Carr,  41. 

Patten,  B.  A.,  Barry  and  Patten,  13. 
Pen  knife  sketches,  Delano,  65. 
Perfect  day  and  other  poems,  Cool' 

brith,  55. 
Personal  adventures  in  Upper  and 

Lower  California,  Ryan,  197. 
Personal  narrative  during  an  expedi' 

tion  from  St.  Louis  to  the  Pacific 

ocean,  Pattie,  174. 
Personal  narrative  of  explorations, 

Bartlett,  13. 
Personal  reminiscences  of  early  days 

in  California,  Field,  84,  85. 
Petroleum,  discovery  in  California, 

Silliman,  215. 
Phoenixiana,  Derby,  67. 
Pick  and  pan,  McCall,  146. 
Picolo,  Francisco  Maria,  Vida  y  tra' 

bajos,  Balthasar,  10. 
Picolo,  Francois  Marie,  Memoir  tou- 

chant  Testat  des  missions,  Lettres 

edifiantes,  139.  Recueil,  185. 
Pictorial  of  California,  Vischer,  241. 
Picture  of  pioneer  times  in  Califor' 

nia,  White,  247. 

Picturesque  California,  Muir,  1 59. 
Picturesque  San  Diego,  Gunn,  102. 
Pioneer  biography,  Sullivan,  224. 
Pioneer  days  in  California,  Carr,  41. 
"Pioneer  index,"  Haskins,  104. 


308 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Pioneer  pastorate  and  times,  Wil' 

Hams,  250. 

Pioneer  preacher,  Bristol,  24. 
Pious  fund,  Carrillo,  42. 
Pious  fund,  San  Miguel,  206. 
Pious  fund,  Villasenor,  240. 
Pious  fund  of  California,  Doyle,  71. 
Pitcairn's  island  .  .  .  and  a  few  hints 

upon  California,  Brodie,  24. 
Piutes,  Life  among,  Hopkins,  1 14. 
Plan  de  colonisacion,  Junta  de  fo' 

mento,  124. 
Plan  para  el  arreglo  de  las  misiones, 

Junta  de  fomento,  124. 
Plan  poHtico  mercantil  para  ...  las 

Californias,  Junta  de  fomento, 

124. 

Plea  for  the  Indians,  Beeson,  15. 
Poems,  Stoddard,  222. 
Poesies,  Cauwet,  45. 
Poetical  and  prose  writings,  Linen, 

142. 
Poetry  of  the  Pacific,  Wentworth, 

245. 
PoHtical  conventions  in  California, 

Davis,  64. 
PoHtical  essay  on  the  kingdom  of 

New  Spain,  Humboldt,  116. 
PoHtical  history  of  Oregon,  Brown, 

25. 

Popular  tribunals,  Bancroft,  n. 
Port  San  Francisco  et  ses  habitants, 

Choris,  47. 

Portola  expedition,  Costanso,  56. 
Portola  expedition,  Estracto,  79,  80. 
Prairie  traveler,  Marcy,  150. 
PreHminary  report  upon  pubHc 

pleasure  grounds  for  San  Fran' 

cisco,  Olmsted,  165. 


Presbyterian  church  of  Stockton, 

dedication  sermon,  Woods,  253. 
Presidio  of  San  Francisco,  Elliott,  77. 
Presidios,  Reglamento  e  instruccion, 

186. 
Probus,  pseud.,  Texan  revolution, 

228. 
Proceedings  of  town  council  of  San 

Francisco,  i849'i85o,  San  Fran' 

cisco,  202. 

Progress  and  poverty,  George,  95. 
Project  for  a  railroad  to  the  Pacific, 

Whitney,  248. 
Project  of  a  national  railroad  from 

the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  ocean, 

Wilkes,  249. 
Proyecto  para  el  establecimiento  de 

una  compafiia  de  comercio,  Junta 

de  fomento,  124. 
Public  school  system  of  California, 

Swett,  225. 
Public  schools  of  San  Francisco,  San 

Francisco,  202. 
Publications  of  the  Historical  society 

of  southern  California,  Griffin, 

101. 

"Pueblo  case,"  no.  280,  Hawes,  105. 
Queen  Charlotte  island,  Poole,  180. 
Question  de  TOregon,  Poussin,  181. 
Queue  case,  Bennett,  16. 
Railroad  from  Atlantic  to  Pacific 

ocean,  Wilkes,  249. 
Railroad  to  the  Pacific,  Whitney, 

248. 
Railroad  to  San  Francisco,  Proceed' 

ings,  183. 
Railroads.  The  Octopus,  Robinson, 

194. 
Ralph  Raven,  pseud.,  Payson,  175. 


309 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Ramblings  in  California,  Shaw,  210. 

Ramona,  Jackson,  119. 

Rearden,  Timothy  H.  A  memoir, 

Lyons,  146. 
Rebellion,  Records  of  California  men 

in,  Orton,  166. 
Reclamacion,  respeto  del  fondo  pia' 

doso,  Pious  fund,  179. 
Reclamaciones  a  Mejico  por  los  fon' 

dos  de  Californias,  Villasefior,  240. 
Recollections  and  opinions  of  an 

old  pioneer,  Burnett,  30. 
Recollections  of  pioneer  work  in 

California,  Woods,  253. 
Record  of  Japanese  vessels  on  north' 

west  coast  of  America,  Davis,  63. 
Records  of  California  men  in  the 

Rebellion,  Orton,  166. 
Records  of  members  of  G.  A.  R, 

Ward,  243. 
Rectificacion  de  graves  equivoca' 

ciones,  Pious  fund,  180. 
Reed,  J.  Sewell,  biography  of,  Mori' 

son,  157. 
Reform  of  the  New  Testament 

church,  Money,  155. 
Register  of  earthquakes  in  Califor' 

nia,  Trask,  232. 
Relacion  del  viage  hecho  por  las  gole' 

tas  Sutil  y  Mexicana,  Galiano,  93. 
Relacion  historica  de  la  vida  de  Ju' 

nipero  Serra,  Palou,  171. 
Relation  d'un  voyage,  Franchere,  90. 
Relation  d'une  descente  des  es' 

pagnols  dans  la  Californie  en 

1683,  Recueil,  185. 
Reminiscences  and  incidents.  "  The 

early  days"  of  San  Francisco, 

Brown,  26. 


Reminiscences  of  a  ranger,  Bell,  16. 
Reminiscences  of  an  old  timer,  Hun' 

ter,  1 1 6. 
Reminiscences  of  a  trip  across  the 

plains  in  1846,  Dickinson,  68. 
Remonstrance  against  extension  of 

city,  San  Francisco,  202. 
Report  of  argument  in  case  of  Hart 

vs.  Burnett,  Shaw,  211. 
Report  of  debates  in  the  convention 

of  California,  Browne,  26. 
Report  of  exploring  expedition  to 

Rocky  mountains,  and  to  Oregon 

and  California,  Fremont,  91. 
Report  of  a  geological  reconnois' 

sance  in  California,  Blake,  19. 
Report  of  the  historical  committee 

of  California  Pioneers,  California 

Pioneers,  38. 
Report  of  Historical  Landmarks 

committee,  Keith,  127. 
Report  of  the  proceedings  and  ar' 

guments  in  Horace  Hawes  will 

case,  Bates,  13. 
Report  of  the  trial  of  Louis  Delvalle, 

Delvalle  trial,  66. 
Report  of  the  trial  of  Durrant  for 

murder,  Peixotto,  175. 
Report  on  a  plan  for  San  Francisco, 

Burnham,  30. 
Report  on  beach  and  water  lots, 

San  Francisco,  203. 
Report  on  California,  King,  130. 
Report  on  condition  of  real  estate  in 

San  Francisco,  San  Francisco,  203. 
Report  on  water  supply  of  San  Fran' 

cisco,  Mendell,  152. 
Report  upon  archaeology,  Wheeler, 

246. 


310 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Report  upon  the  city  grades,  San 

Francisco,  203. 
Reports  of  alcalde,  comptroller,  and 

treasurer,  San  Francisco,  203. 
Representative  and  leading  men  of 

the  Pacific,  Shuck,  214. 
Resources  of  California,  Hittell,  1 1 1. 
Resources  of  the  Pacific  slope, 

Browne,  27. 
"Retrospect."  Thirty  years  history 

of  Howard  street  Methodist  Epis' 

copal  church,  San  Francisco 

churches,  205. 
Reveley,  William,  Historical  journal, 

Costanso,  57. 
Revised  ordinances  of  Los  Angeles, 

Los  Angeles,  144. 
Ride  over  the  Rocky  mountains  to 

Oregon  and  California,  Coke,  50. 
River  of  the  West,  Victor,  239. 
Robert  Greathouse,  Swift,  225. 
Rogue  river  war,  Beeson,  15. 
Romance  of  the  age,  Dunbar,  74. 
Romance  of  the  ocean,  Foley,  87. 
Roughing  it,  Clemens,  49. 
Round  Cape  Horn,  Lamson,  134. 
Route  across  the  Rocky  mountains, 

with  description  of  Oregon  and 

California,  Johnson  and  Winter, 

122. 
Route  from  Gulf  of  Mexico  to  Cali' 

fornia,  Creu2ibar,  60. 
Rovings  in  the  Pacific,  Lucatt,  144. 
Russian  and  English  phrase  book, 

Honcharenko,  113. 
Russian  establishments  on  the  north' 

west  coast,  Corney,  55. 
Russian  possessions  in  America, 

Markhoff,  150. 


Russian  settlement  in  California 

known  as  Fort  Ross,  Thompson, 

229. 
Sacramento  illustrated,  Barber  and 

Baker,  n. 
Sacramento  public  school  depart' 

ment,  Davis,  64. 
Safety  committee  of  1877,  Coleman, 

,  5I' 
St.  Ignatius  church  and  college,  First 

half  century,  Riordan,  192. 
Salishan  languages,  Bibliography  of, 

Pilling,  178. 
Salvatierra,  Juan  Maria  de,  vida, 

Venegas,  237. 
San  Antonio  mission  Indians,  Vocab' 

ulary  of,  Sitjar,  216. 
San  Francisco,  Annals  of,  Soule,  Gi- 

hon,  and  Nisbet,  219. 
San  Francisco  bay,  Discovery  of, 

Doyle,  71. 
San  Francisco  de  Assis  in  its  hun' 

dredth  year,  Our  centennial,  166. 
San  Francisco  directories,  DirectO' 

ries,  69, 70. 
San  Francisco,  Historical  abstract 

of,  Shuck,  213. 
San  Francisco,  History  of,  Hittell, 

in. 
San  Francisco  in  1806,  Langsdorff, 

135- 
San  Francisco,  Lights  and  shades  of, 

Lloyd,  142. 
San  Francisco,  Official  roll  of,  Shuck, 

214. 
San  Francisco  public  pleasure 

grounds,  Olmsted,  165. 
San  Francisco  "Pueblo  case,"  no. 

280,  Hawes,  105. 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


San  Francisco,  Sacramento  city  and 

Marysville  business  directory, 

Bogardus,  21. 
San  Francisco  Vigilance  committee 

of '56,  Smith,  218. 
San  Francisco's  prominent  men, 

Blake,  19. 

"Sanitary  sack  of  flour,"  Gridley,  101. 
San  Juan  Capistrano  mission  Indi' 

ans,  Robinson,  193. 
San  Juan  water  boundary  question, 

Milton,  154. 

Santa  Barbara  mission,  O'Keefe,  165. 
Santa  Cruz,  Historical  paper  relating 

to,  Willey,  250. 
Saserac  lying  club,  Hart,  104. 
Scenery  of  the  plains,  mountains 

and  mines,  Langworthy,  135. 
Scenes  de  la  vie  californienne,  Ger' 

stacker,  96. 
Scenes  in  the  Hawaiian  islands  and 

California,  Anderson,  5. 
Scenes  in  the  Rocky  mountains, 

Sage,  197. 
Scenes  of  wonder  and  curiosity  in 

California,  Hutchings,  117. 
School  scandal  of  San  Francisco, 

San  Francisco,  204. 
Schools  demanded  by  the  present 

age,  Lacy,  134. 

Schroder  trial,  Montgomery,  1 56. 
Scraps  of  California  history,  Ide,  1 18. 
Second  anniversary  of  the  organic 

tion  of  the  fire  department,  San 

Francisco,  204. 
Seeking  the  golden  fleece,  Stillman, 

221. 
Segundo  cuaderno  de  interesantes 

documentos,  Pious  fund,  180. 


Selish  or  Flat'head  grammar,  Menga' 
^  rini,  153. 

Sergas  de  Esplandian,  Montalvo,  1 56. 
Series  of  charts  with  sailing  direc' 

tions,  Ringgold,  191. 
Sermon  preached  at  dedication  of 

First  Presbyterian  church,  Benicia, 

Cal.,  Woodbridge,  252. 
Sermon  preached  at  dedication  of 

Presbyterian  church  of  Stockton, 

Cal.,  Woods,  253. 
Sermon  suggested  by  the  execution 

of  Jenkins,  Hunt,  116. 
Sermons  by  prominent  divines  of  San 

Francisco,  Pacific  coast  pulpit,  167. 
Serra,  Junipero,  White,  247. 
Serra,  Junipero,  Vida,  Clavijero,  49. 
Serra,  Junipero,  Vida,  Paloii,  171. 
Seven  years  in  the  great  deserts  of 

North  America,  Domenech,  70. 
Seven  years'  street  preaching  in  San 

Francisco,  Taylor,  227. 
Sherman,  William  T.,  Memorial, 

Keim,  127. 
Short  geographical  and  statistical 

description  of  California,  Blokom, 

20. 

Short  stories,  Davis,  64. 
Sights  in  the  gold  region,  Johnson, 

122. 
Silk'growing  in  California,  Prevost, 

182. 
Silver  country  of  the  great  south' 

west,  Anderson,  5. 
Silverado  squatters,  Stevenson,  221. 
Silverland,  Lawrence,  137. 
Sir  Francis  Drake  revived,  Drake,  72. 
Siwash  life,  legends  and  tales,  Cos' 

tello,  57. 


312 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Six  months  in  the  gold  mines,  Buf' 

fum,  28. 
Sixteen  months  at  the  gold  diggings, 

Woods,  252. 

Sixty  years  in  California,  Davis,  64. 
Sketch  of  life  of  Edward  D.  Baker, 

Wallace,  243. 
Sketch  of  the  life  of  Commodore 

Robert  F.Stockton,  Stockton,  222. 
Sketch  of  the  settlement  and  ex- 
ploration of  Lower  California, 

Browne,  27. 
Sketches  in  North  America,  and  the 

Oregon  territory,  Warre,  244. 
Sketches  of  California,  Gay,  94. 
Sketches  of  scenery  in  California 

and  Mexico,  M'llvaine,  148. 
Sketches  of  travel  in  South  America, 

Mexico  and  California,  Schaeffer, 

208. 
Sketches  of  the  Washoe  mining  re- 

gion,  Vischer,  240. 
Sketches  of  Washoe  silver  mines, 

De  Groot,  64. 

Society  and  religion,  Bushnell,  32. 
Society  in  search  of  truth,  Clark,  48. 
Soldiers  of  the  cross,  Salpointe,  198. 
Solid  silver,  Barnes,  12. 
Some  account  of  the  Pious  fund  of 

California,  Doyle,  71. 
Some  byways  of  California,  Carter, 

43- 
Some  reminiscences  of  the  work  of 

Stephen  J.  Field,  Field,  85. 
Songbook.  California  songster,  39. 
Sonoma  county,  Menefee,  152. 
Southern  California,  Van  Dyke,  236. 
Southern  Methodism  on  the  Pacific 

coast,  Simmons,  215. 


Souvenirs  d'un  voyage  en  Oregon 

et  en  Californie,  Rossi,  196. 
Spanish  institutions  of  the  south' 

west,  Blackmar,  19. 
Spaulding,  H.  H.,  Letter  on  Oregon, 

Palmer,  168. 
Speech  in  connection  with  the  Vigi' 

lance  committee,  Estell,  79. 
Speech  on  admission  of  California, 

Seward,  209. 
Speech  on  Oregon  question,  Ben- 

ton,  16. 
Speech  on  physical  character  of  north' 

ern  states  of  Mexico,  Smith,  218. 
Speeches  of  Dennis  Kearney,  Kear- 
ney, 127. 
Speeches  on  private  land  titles  in 

California,  Gwin,  102. 
Splendid  idle  forties,  Atherton,  8. 
Squatter  and  the  don,  Loyal,  144. 
Squibob  papers,  Derby,  67. 
Squibs  of  California,  Cox,  59. 
Staat  Californien  in  Medicinisch' 

Geographischer  Hinsicht,  Pras' 

low,  181. 

Star  of  the  west,  Carroll,  42. 
Startling  and  thrilling  narrative  of 

the  dark  deeds  of  Madison  and 

Stevens,  Drury,  73. 
State  of  the  missions  of  California, 

Lockman,  143. 
Statement  for  non-exclusion,  Healy 

and  Ng  Poon  Chew,  106. 
Stevenson  regiment,  Clark,  47. 
Stillman,  J.  D.  B.,  Oration  at  twenty 

fourth  anniversary  of  California 

Pioneers,  California  Pioneers,  38. 
Stock  gambling  in  San  Francisco, 

Clark,  48. 


313 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Stockton,  Cal.,  History  of,  Tinkham, 

231. 
Stoddard,  Charles  Warren,  Poem  at 

seventeenth  anniversary  of  Cali- 

fornia  Pioneers,  California  Pio- 

neers,  38. 

Storia  defla  California,  Clavigero,49. 
Stories  of  California,  Sexton,  209. 
Story  of  the  files,  Cummins,  61. 
Stratton  survey  of  San  Francisco, 

Taylor,  226. 
Strong,  G.  W.,  alias  Clark,  G.  W., 

Life  and  confession  of,  Forsee,  88. 
Struggles  for  life  and  home  in  the 

north-west,  France,  89. 
Sutil  y  Mexicana,  Galiano,  93. 
Sutro,  Adolph,  Aron,  7. 
Sutro,  Adolph,  Life  of,  Holmes,  113. 
Sutro  documents,  Griffin,  101. 
Sutro  tunnel,  Aron,  7. 
Sutro  tunnel,  History  of  a  great 

work,  109. 
Sutter,  John  A.,  Life  and  times  of, 

Schoonover,  208. 
Sutter,  John  A.,  Life  of,  Morse  and 

Colville,  1 57. 
Sutter's  fort  in  1847,  plan  of,  Kiinzel, 

134. 
Tale  of  California  law,  Kip,  131. 

Tale  of  two  oceans,  Barra,  12. 
Taylor,  Alexander  S.,  Sketch  of 

Lower  California,  Browne,  27. 
Taylor,  George  B.,  ecclesiastical  trial 

of,  Report,  189. 
Ten  years  in  Nevada,  Matthews, 

151. 

Ten  years  in  Oregon,  Allen,  2. 
Ten  years  in  Oregon,  Lee  and  Frost, 

137. 


Terry,  David  S.,  duel  with  Erode- 
rick,  O'Meara,  165. 

Terry,  David  S.,  Field-Terry  contro- 
versy, 85. 

Terry,David  S.,Lifeof,Wagstaff,242. 

Thanksgiving  sermon,  Cutler,  61. 

Thirty  years  ago,  Dornin,  71. 

Thirty  years  in  California,  Willey, 
250. 

Thoughts  for  the  crisis,  Brierly,  24. 

Three  weeks  in  the  gold  mines, 
Simpson,  216. 

Three  years  in  California,  Borth' 
wick,  22. 

Three  years  in  California,  Colton,  52. 

Three  years'  residence  in  Washing- 
ton territory,  Swan,  225. 

Thrilling  adventures  of  a  New  Eng- 
lander,  Perry,  176. 

To  emigrants  to  the  gold  region, 
Roberts,  192. 

To  the  golden  goal,  Tucker,  234. 

Tour  of  duty  in  California,  Revere, 
189. 

Town  council  of  San  Francisco,  Pro- 
ceedings of,  1849-1850,  San  Fran- 
cisco, 202. 

Tracks  and  landfalls  of  Bering  and 
Chirikof,  Davidson,  63. 

Traffic  association  of  California, 
Valley  road,  236. 

Tragedy  of  the  lava  beds,  Bland,  20. 

Transition  period  of  California  from 
1846  to  1850,  Willey,  250. 

Travels  and  adventures  of  Dr.  E. 
WTiite  and  lady,  Allen,  2. 

Travels  in  British  Columbia  and 
yacht  voyage  round  Vancouver's 
island,  Barrett-Lennard,  12. 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


Travels  in  Cuba,  Mexico  and  Cali- 
fornia, Perry,  176. 

Travels  in  1849, to  tne  g°ld  regions, 
McNeil,  148. 

Travels  in  Mexico  and  California, 
Clarke,  48. 

Travels  in  the  Californias,  Farnham, 

83- 

Travels  in  the  great  western  prairies, 
Farnham,  83. 

Travels,  including  description  of 
California,  GilHam,  97. 

Travels  of  the  Jesuits,  Lockman,  143. 

Travels  through  the  interior  parts 
of  North  America,  Carver,  43. 

Travels  to  the  source  of  the  Missou- 
ri  river  and  across  the  American 
continent,  Lewis  and  Clarke,  141. 

Tres  cartas  de  un  sacerdote  a  un 
amigo  suyo,  Sales,  198. 

Trial  of  A.  A.  Cohen  for  embessle- 
ment,  Adams  6?  co.,  i. 

Trial  of  Laura  D.  Fair,  Fair  trial,  81. 

Trial  of  David  S.  Terry  by  the  com- 
mittee of  vigilance,  Terry,  228. 

Tribes  of  California,  Powers,  181. 

Tribute  to  Thomas  Starr  King, 
Frothingham,  93. 

Trip  across  the  plains,  Keller,  128. 

Trip  across  the  plains  in  1850, 
Abbey,  i. 

Trip  from  Sandwich  islands  to 
Lower  Oregon  and  Upper  Cali- 
fornia, Damon,  61. 

Trip  to  California,  1841,  Bid  well,  18. 

True  and  minute  history  of  the  as- 
sassination of  James  King  of  Wm., 
Fargo,  82. 

True  tales  for  my  grandsons,  Bakery. 


Twelve  years  in  the  mines  of  Cali- 

fornia, Patterson,  173. 
Twenty-one  years  in  California, 

McCue,  146. 

Two  eventful  nights,  Ewer,  80. 
Two  years  adventures  in  the  Cali- 

fornia gold  mines,  Justesen,  126. 
Two  years  before  the  mast,  Dana,  62. 
Two  years  in  California,  Cone,  53. 
Two  years  in  the  life  of  a  felon, 

Lay  ton,  137. 
Ugarte,  Juan  de,  Vida,  Villavicencio, 

240. 
The  uncertainty  of  life,  sermon, 

Foster,  89. 
Uncle  John's  stories  for  good  Cali- 

fornia children,  First  California 

story  book,  86. 
Unitarian  church  of  San  Francisco, 

Fifty  years  of,  San  Francisco 

churches,  205. 
University  of  California,  History  of, 

Jones,  123. 

Utah,  History  of,  Bancroft,  n. 
Vancouver  island,  Haslitt,  106. 
Vancouver  island  and  British  Co- 

lumbia, Macfie,  147. 
Vancouver  island  and  British  Co- 

lumbia, Pemberton,  175. 
Vancouver's  island,  Martin,  151. 
Vasques  ;  or  the  hunted  bandits  of 

the  San  Joaquin,  Beers,  15. 
Vasques,  Tiburcio,  Career  of,  Ridge, 

191. 
Vasques,  Tiburcio,  Life  of,  Sawyer, 

207. 
Vasques,  Tiburcio,  Life  of,  Truman, 


Venus  of  Milo,  Sill,  215. 


315 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 


El  viagero  universal,  P.,  D.  P.  R,  167. 
Viages  de  exploracion,  Bodega  y 

Quadra,  21. 

Viaggio  intorno  al  globo,  Duhaut' 
.   Cilly,74. 
Vida  de  Junipero  Serra,  Clavijero, 

49- 
Vida,  y  virtudes  de  el  Padre  Juan 

de  Ugarte,  Villavicencio,  240. 
Views  of  California,  Vischer,  241. 
Vigilance  committee,  Carroll,  42. 
Vigilance  committee,  Constitution 

and  address,  53. 

Vigilance  committee,  Fargo,  82. 
Vigilance  committee,  McGowan, 

148. 

Vigilance  committee,  Smith,  218. 
Vigilance  committee  at  Sonora,  Lay 

ton,  137. 
Vigilance  committee  of  1856, 

O'Meara,  165. 
Vigilance  committee  of  San  Fran' 

cisco,  History  of,  Judges  and  crimi' 

nals,  124. 
Vigilance  committee  of  San  Fran' 

cisco,  Lockwood,  143. 
Vigilance  committee,  Trial  of  David 

S.  Terry  by,  Terry,  228. 
Vigilante  days  and  ways,  Langford, 

134- 
Virreyes  de  Nueva  Espafia,  Instruc' 

ciones,  119. 
Visit  to  the  quicksilver  mines  of 

New  Almaden,  Wells,  245. 
Vocabulario  de  la  lengua  de  los  natu' 

rales  de  la  mision  de  San  Antonio, 

Sitjar,  216. 
Vocabulario  Mutsun,  Arroyo  de  la 

Cuesta,  8. 


Vogdes,  A.  W.,  Bibliography  relating 
to  geology,  etc.,  Bibliography,  18. 

Voiages  au  nord,  Recueil,  185. 

Volcano  diggings,  Kip,  131. 

Voyage  a  Tocean  Pacifique,  Amo' 
retti,  4. 

Voyage  de  Fernand  Cortes  dans  la 
peninsule  de  la  Californie,  Cortes, 

55- 

Voyage  en  Californie,  Auger,  9. 
Voyage  en  Californie,  Chappe  d'  Au' 

teroche,  45. 
Voyage  en  Californie,  Saint' Amant, 

197. 
Voyage  medical  en  California,  Gar' 

nier,  94. 
Voyage  of  discovery  into  the  South 

sea  and  Beering's  straits,  Kotse' 

bue,  133. 
Voyage  of  discovery  to  the  north 

Pacific  ocean,  Vancouver,  236. 
Voyage  of  passenger  ship  James  W. 

Paige,  Lamson,  1 34. 
Voyage  of  the  bark  Orion,  Draper, 

73- 
Voyage  of  the  Wildfire  to  Califor' 

nia,  Foley,  87. 

Voyage  pittoresque,  Choris,  47. 
Voyage  pittoresque  en  Californie, 

Lambertie,  134. 

Voyage  round  the  world,  Anson,  5. 
Voyage  round  the  world,  Betagh,  17. 
Voyage  round  the  world,  Dixon,  70. 
Voyage  round  the  world,  La  Pe' 

rouse,  135. 
Voyage  round  the  world,  Portlock, 

180. 
Voyage  round  the  world,  Shelvocke, 


211. 


316 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 

Voyage  to  California,  Chappe  cf  Aii'  Water  rights  and  mining  claims  in 

teroche,  46.  California,  Yale,  254. 

Voyage  to  the  Pacific,  Cook  and  Water  supply  of  San  Francisco, 

James,  53.  Mendefi,  152. 

Voyage  to  the  south  Atlantic,  Col'  Wealthy  men  of  San  Francisco  and 

nett,  52.  Sacramento,  "Pile,"  177. 

Voyage  to  the  South  sea,  and  round  "  Webfoot,"  pseud.,  Phelps,  177. 

the  world,  Cooke,  54.  Western  America,  including  Cali' 
Voyages  and  discoveries,  Burney,  30.        fornia  and  Oregon,  Wilkes,  249. 

Voyages  and  travels, Langsdorff,  135.  What  I  saw  in  California,  Bryant, 
Voyages  de  TEmpereur  de  la  Chine        27. 

dans  la  Tartarie,  Verbiest,  239.  Whip-poor-will  ou  les  pionniers  de 
Voyages  en  Californie  et  dans  TOre-        TOregon,  Bouis,  22. 

gon,  Saint- Amant,  198.  White,  Stephen  M.,  Life  and  work, 
Voyages  from  Asia  to  America,  Mosher,  158. 

Mliller,  160.  Whitman,  Marcus,  Nixon,  162. 

Voyages  from  China  to  the  north'  Whitman  massacre,  Victor,  239. 

west  coast  of  America,  Meares,  Whitman  murder,  Brouillet,  25. 

152.  Whittlestick,  pseud.,  Williston,  251. 

Voyages  in  the  northern  Pacific,  Who  conquered  California?  Ide, 

Corney,  55.  118. 

Le  voyageur  francois,  Delaporte,  65.  Wigwam  and  war'path,  Meacham, 
Vue  du  Presidio  San  Francisco,  151. 

Choris,  47.  Wild  flowers  of  the  Pacific  coast, 
Vuelta  al  mundo,  Malaspina,  149.  Thayer,  228. 

Wakashan  languages,  Bibliography  Williams,  Minnie,  murder  of  by 

of,  Pilling,  179.  Durrant,  Peixotto,  175. 

Walker's  expedition.  Last  of  the  Winter,  William  H.,  Johnson  and 

filibusters,  Stewart,  221.  Winter,  122. 

Walker's  expedition  to  Nicaragua,  With  Stevenson  to  California,  1846, 

Wells,  245.  Lynch,  145. 

Wandering  sketches,  Wood,  252.  Wolves  in  the  fold,  Fair,  81. 

Wanderings  of  an  artist  among  the  Wonders  of  the  Yosemite  valley, 

Indians,  Kane,  126.  Kneeland,  131. 

Washington,  Idaho  and  Montana,  Wood,  Wm.  M.,  Incident  illustrat' 

History  of,  Bancroft,  n.  ing  services  in  Mexican  war, 

Washoe  mining  region,  Sketches  of,        McWhorter,  148. 

Vischer,  240.  Woodward's  gardens,  San  Francis- 
Washoe  silver  mines,  De  Groot,  64.        co,  Gruber,  101. 

317 


TITLE  AND  SUBJECT  INDEX 

World  encompassed,  Drake,  73.  Yosemite  valley,  Kneeland,  131. 

Yakama  language,  Grammar  and  die'  Young,  Brigham,  Life  of,  Tullidge, 

tionary,  Pandosy,  172.  234. 

Yearbookof  facts.  Stateregister,22O.  Youth's  history  of  California,  Nor' 
Yosemite,  Hittell,  112.  man,  163. 

Yo'Semite,  Lester,  139.  Zanita,  a  tale  of  the  Yo'Semite, 
Yosemite  valley,  Hutchings,  117.  Yelverton,  255. 


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